HJK - Lahti. 2nd spot welcomes 11th spot. Everything can happen - get a full match preview here!
- HJK have the most scored goals (24) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Veikkausliiga
This arena has artifical turf, which is not Lahti's familiar surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf Lahti have performed like this: Played 13 matches earning 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 25-21 (scored/conceded).
This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
HJK form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Veikkausliiga games here at Bolt Arena for HJK. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The home team returns to Bolt Arena after drawing with Honka (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Koskela made a successful contribution in the game against Honka, bringing on Radulović who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
1-1 away at Haka before that.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 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 0 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for HJK as they have a new game in only four days, a Champions League match thankfully also at home. Larne are visiting.
HJK have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Lahti form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lahti so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus KuPS with 3-4 on the scoreboard. As you can tell from the result, the match against KuPS was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that match, the Lahti manager Mannila faced defeat when travelling to KTP and losing 0-2.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lahti as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Lahti struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
HJK have avoided a loss in the last 11 games (7-4-0) against Lahti.The dueling parties have battled before this season: Lahti - HJK 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Keskinen 4 goals |  A. Zeqiri 3 goals | I. Sadik 3 goals |
HJK missing players
Lahti missing players
| HJK | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 71% | 75% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 67% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 53% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 42% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 9.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.6 |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| 35% | 39% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 34% |
| 7.1 | 6.1 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.6 | 11.9 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
- HJK have not yet lost a game at home.
- HJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- HJK have scored more than double the goals of Lahti.
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most points (17) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (14) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (24) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+13) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Lahti have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | SJK | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | KTP | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Ilves | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Haka | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | VPS | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
