HJK and KuPS are both doing (very) nicely in the Veikkausliiga with their 1st and 2nd places respectively. Let's hope for a wonderful game!
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most scored goals (30) in Veikkausliiga
The hosts HJK saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Bolt Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, KuPS have had more rest.
HJK form and stats
HJK have been outstanding at home so far in the Veikkausliiga with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
HJK are confident in defense, having played 464 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The HJK fans got no joy from their last match, a Europa League game also here at Bolt Arena: A 2-5 defeat against Fenerbahce. A goal frenzy last time out for HJK, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Fenerbahce. Fun stuff to watch!
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lahti and winning 1-0.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 four games) they have won zero times, drawn two and lost two.
Goals decide football matches and HJK are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, HJK have only let in 4 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
KuPS form and stats
KuPS have an excellent away record in the Veikkausliiga so far with 5-0-2 from 7 games. In general it has been a productive period now for KuPS as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
KuPS play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting HIFK (placed 7th). As mentioned above, KuPS was the only team on the pitch versus HIFK in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, KuPS secured a home win against KTP with the score 4-0.We have checked recent matches where KuPS have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, one draw and zero defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, KuPS are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by KuPS in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have battled previously this season: KuPS - HJK 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): HJK three wins, six draws and KuPS one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Valenčič 6 goals |   U. Nissilä 6 goals |  R. Riski 4 goals |
HJK missing players
KuPS missing players
| HJK | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 44% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 19% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 12% |
| 6.3 | 7.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 6 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 12.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 54% | 42% |
- HJK have not yet lost a game at home.
- HJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- HJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most clean sheets (12) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most points (22) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (16) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+21) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS have the most scored goals (30) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- KuPS is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | KuPS | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Lahti | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | SJK | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Honka | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | HIFK | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Ilves | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Oulu | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Haka | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 11 |
| 12 | KTP | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 8 |