Veikkausliiga prediction and preview: HJK small thought to overcome Inter Turku

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bolt Arena (4000 seats)

HJK and Inter Turku are both high-flying in the Veikkausliiga with their 1st and 3rd spots respectively. Expect a top fixture!

Insights:
  • HJK have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Veikkausliiga
  • Inter Turku have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Veikkausliiga

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.

6 - 6 - 8 with 25-25. 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.

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HJK form and stats

HJK have performed here at Bolt Arena this season with 7 wins from 10 Veikkausliiga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

HJK haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 235 minutes ago. Jair scored that one.

HJK's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus HIFK (placed 6th).

0-0 away at Honka before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does HJK handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, three draws and two defeats.

HJK have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bolt Arena with 17 goals in 10 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 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Inter Turku form and stats

4-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Inter Turku in their Veikkausliiga matches away.

Timo Furuholm, Petteri Forsell, Benjamin Källman and Matias Ojala scored in Inter Turku's previous match, the home game against Oulu that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Inter was very dominant against Oulu, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Timo Furuholm, Petteri Forsell, Benjamin Källman and Matias Ojala providing the goals.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to SJK.

Inter are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.

Inter are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Inter Turku in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H match ended Inter Turku - HJK 1-3, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): HJK won five games, one match ended with a tie and Inter Turku have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Inter TurkuB. Källman
B. Källman
10 goals
HJKF. Valenčič
F. Valenčič
6 goals
Inter TurkuT. Furuholm
T. Furuholm
6 goals

HJK missing players

Inter Turku missing players

HJK Inter Turku
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
15 7 0 Won W 0 4 11
4 2 2 Drew D 1 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 5 7
32 17 1 Scored S 2 15 35
11 7 1 Conceded C 3 13 22
86% 90% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 81%
33% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 57%
14% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 29%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
33% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 52%
62% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 29%
19% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 19%
 
6.7 7.6 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.6 5.7
3.1 2.1 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.5 4.6
1.6 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 13.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.6 10.5
4.8 5.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 6 5.4
32% 29% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 25% 31%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • HJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • HJK have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the most clean sheets (13) 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 matches over the total-line (12) in Veikkausliiga
  • Inter Turku have the most scored goals in the second half (22) 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 HJK 21 15 4 2 32 11 10 7 2 1 17 7 11 8 2 1 15 4 21 49
2 KuPS 21 15 3 3 38 14 10 7 2 1 18 5 11 8 1 2 20 9 24 48
3 Inter Turku 21 11 3 7 35 22 11 7 2 2 20 9 10 4 1 5 15 13 13 36
4 SJK 21 10 4 7 25 23 10 5 3 2 18 11 11 5 1 5 7 12 2 34
5 Lahti 21 8 8 5 26 21 11 5 3 3 14 11 10 3 5 2 12 10 5 32
6 HIFK 20 9 5 6 23 21 11 4 2 5 12 18 9 5 3 1 11 3 2 32
7 Ilves 21 10 2 9 21 23 10 8 0 2 13 7 11 2 2 7 8 16 -2 32
8 Honka 21 7 4 10 28 29 11 4 2 5 12 13 10 3 2 5 16 16 -1 25
9 Mariehamn 21 6 2 13 16 30 10 2 1 7 5 15 11 4 1 6 11 15 -14 20
10 Haka 20 5 3 12 18 26 10 2 2 6 9 12 10 3 1 6 9 14 -8 18
11 Oulu 21 5 3 13 17 34 10 3 2 5 8 13 11 2 1 8 9 21 -17 18
12 KTP 21 1 5 15 16 41 11 0 2 9 7 21 10 1 3 6 9 20 -25 8

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.