Buckle up for a show! Today's leading heroes are HJK and Inter Turku, 3 points is the objective and 90 minutes the length.
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Veikkausliiga
- Inter Turku have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Veikkausliiga
The hosts HJK saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at Bolt Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Inter Turku have had more rest.
7 - 5 - 8 with 24-23. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Inter Turku when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Inter Turku play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
HJK form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Veikkausliiga games here at Bolt Arena for HJK. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Game days at Bolt Arena have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for HJK as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The HJK crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-5 to Maccabi Tel Aviv here at Bolt Arena in a Europa Conference League match. As you see from the result above, HJK suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Ilves and winning 3-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier HJK matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, four draws and one defeat (from seven games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Veikkausliiga game versus HIFK in only three days. This game is also played here at Bolt Arena.
HJK have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bolt Arena with 17 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. HJK have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Inter Turku form and stats
Playing away, Inter Turku have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Veikkausliiga home defeat versus KuPS with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus HIFK.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Inter playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Veikkausliiga trip to Ilves.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Inter have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. Inter Turku have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent game: HJK - Inter Turku 0-1. Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): HJK won five games, one match ended in a draw and Inter Turku got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  B. Källman 13 goals |   J. Tavares da Silva 6 goals |  F. Valenčič 6 goals |
HJK missing players
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| HJK | Inter Turku | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 37 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 40 |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 88% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 79% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 54% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 29% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 38% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 50% |
| 54% | 42% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 33% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 17% |
| 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 13.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 31% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | 31% |
- HJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Inter Turku have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Inter Turku have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Veikkausliiga
- Inter Turku 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 | KuPS | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 24 | 49 |
| 2 | HJK | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | SJK | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| 5 | HIFK | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| 6 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Honka | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Haka | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 23 |
| 11 | Oulu | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 12 | KTP | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -27 | 8 |