The HJK manager T. Koskela attacks this game with the team placed 1st so far. In the visitors dressing room Lahti and their manager I. Zeneli are in 6th place before this match.
HJK and Lahti should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
HJK's stadium, Bolt Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Lahti have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lahti when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 16 matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 22.
HJK form and stats
The hosts won their first Veikkausliiga game here at Bolt Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for HJK last season were 6 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses from 11 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jakob Tånnander not having conceded a league goal in 199 minutes.
In the match before that, HJK hosted KuPS (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) and drew the Finland Cup game 0-0.
The 3-0 win against Ilves was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
HJK has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Lahti form and stats
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Inter Turku.
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 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: HJK won four, Lahti won three and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Assehnoun 2 goals |  D. O'Shaughnessy 1 goals | M. Tenho 1 goals |
HJK missing players
Lahti missing players
| HJK | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 4.3 | 8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| HJK | Last season | Lahti | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 82% | ||
| 59% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 73% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 55% | ||
| 45% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Mariehamn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | HIFK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | KuPS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lahti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ilves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Honka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | SJK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | KTP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Haka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Oulu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | KuPS | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Honka | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | SJK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | HIFK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | Haka | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -16 | 22 |
| 11 | TPS | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | RoPS | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -36 | 5 |