Veikkausliiga match prediction and preview for HJK vs Inter Turku clash

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Sun 06.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Telia 5G -areena (10770 seats)

A key match in Veikkausliiga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 4th position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Inter Turku's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Inter Turku have performed like this: Played 15 matches resulting in 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 18-29 (scored/conceded).

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HJK form and stats

HJK have played 11 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).

HJK's last game was hosting Mariehamn and winning 3-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Honka.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how HJK have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 0 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

HJK have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Telia 5G -areena with 18 goals in 11 league matches. HJK have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Inter Turku form and stats

5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Inter Turku in their Veikkausliiga matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Veikkausliiga home defeat versus Honka with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ilves wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Inter Turku have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W2-D3-L3.

Inter Turku find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Inter Turku have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Inter Turku - HJK 4-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 HJK victories, 3 draws and 3 Inter Turku wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Valenčič
15 goals
T. Furuholm
10 goals
R. Riski
7 goals

HJK missing players

Inter Turku missing players

HJK Inter Turku
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 3 12 25
9 5 0 Won W 1 5 14
10 6 2 Drew D 0 2 3
6 1 0 Lost L 2 5 8
32 21 1 Scored S 1 16 41
26 11 1 Conceded C 3 15 27
88% 92% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 83% 80%
44% 58% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 52%
24% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 24%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 16%
52% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 60%
36% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 28%
24% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 17% 12%
 
6.1 6.4 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 4.5 4.8
3.9 3.2 0.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 4.2 3.8
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • HJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inter Turku haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

HJK
All Veikkausliiga Champions League Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-08-19 VE HJK 4 - 0 Lahti
15-08-19 EL HJK 2 - 2 Riga
18-08-19 VE KPV 2 - 1 HJK
24-08-19 VE Honka 0 - 1 HJK
01-09-19 VE HJK 2 - 2 RoPS
15-09-19 VE KuPS 1 - 0 HJK
21-09-19 VE Honka 3 - 1 HJK
28-09-19 VE HJK 3 - 0 Mariehamn
06-10-19 VE HJK 13:00 Inter Turku
19-10-19 VE Ilves 12:00 HJK
Inter Turku
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-08-19 VE Inter Turku 1 - 0 Mariehamn
10-08-19 VE KuPS 2 - 0 Inter Turku
16-08-19 VE Inter Turku 3 - 2 HIFK
26-08-19 VE Inter Turku 2 - 1 KPV
31-08-19 VE Ilves 0 - 1 Inter Turku
15-09-19 VE Inter Turku 2 - 0 Mariehamn
22-09-19 VE Ilves 1 - 0 Inter Turku
28-09-19 VE Inter Turku 0 - 1 Honka
06-10-19 VE HJK 13:00 Inter Turku
19-10-19 VE Inter Turku 12:00 KuPS

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter Turku 22 13 3 6 39 25 11 8 1 2 23 11 11 5 2 4 16 14 14 42
2 KuPS 22 11 7 4 39 23 11 5 4 2 19 9 11 6 3 2 20 14 16 40
3 Ilves 22 11 7 4 29 18 11 4 5 2 15 10 11 7 2 2 14 8 11 40
4 HJK 22 8 10 4 28 22 11 4 6 1 18 11 11 4 4 3 10 11 6 34
5 Honka 22 10 4 8 31 27 11 4 2 5 13 12 11 6 2 3 18 15 4 34
6 Mariehamn 22 9 4 9 29 23 11 4 1 6 14 15 11 5 3 3 15 8 6 31
7 SJK 22 7 7 8 17 23 11 4 2 5 7 11 11 3 5 3 10 12 -6 28
8 Lahti 22 7 7 8 21 29 11 4 5 2 15 11 11 3 2 6 6 18 -8 28
9 HIFK 22 6 8 8 25 29 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 1 4 6 11 18 -4 26
10 RoPS 22 6 6 10 19 25 11 3 2 6 9 11 11 3 4 4 10 14 -6 24
11 KPV 22 4 4 14 19 39 11 3 2 6 9 17 11 1 2 8 10 22 -20 16
12 VPS 22 2 9 11 22 35 11 2 4 5 15 18 11 0 5 6 7 17 -13 15

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