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- HJK have the most scored goals (17) in Veikkausliiga
- Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ilves play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Ilves when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 18 matches. They have scored 16 goals and conceded 22 times in these games.
HJK form and stats
Perfect Veikkausliiga season at home so far for HJK, who have the most scored goals (17) in Veikkausliiga, 3 wins from 3 appearances. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as HJK has won six games in a row. The KuPS match was the last time out without a victory.
A strong away win for HJK against Mariehamn the last match, as Roope Riski were on target.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Haka and winning 2-1.HJK are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew five and lost zero.
HJK are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Bolt Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 9 goals in 3 matches. HJK have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Ilves form and stats
1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ilves in their Veikkausliiga matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ilves have lost on their last two travels.
Ilves play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to SJK (placed 6th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lahti wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Ilves find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Ilves have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ilves - HJK 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): HJK six wins, three draws and Ilves one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 3 goals |  L. Farinhas Taffner 3 goals |  E. Vertainen 3 goals |
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| HJK | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 43% |
| 25% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 5.9 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 13.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.5 | 10.9 |
| 4.5 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 47% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 29% |
- All of HJK's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- HJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most clean sheets (5) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (17) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (9) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+13) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have won all their matches at home so far.
- HJK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- HJK is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | HIFK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Lahti | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | KuPS | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | SJK | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Ilves | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Haka | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Honka | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | KTP | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Oulu | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 3 |