Football betting preview: HJK vs Lahti

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Wed 23.October
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Helsinki Football Stadium (10770 seats)

4th position in the Veikkausliiga table for HJK so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Lahti visits Helsinki Football Stadium.

It's no vacation for neither HJK nor Lahti as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Lahti have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-5-8 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.

Relegation threatens HJK who should definitely be looking for some points here. Lahti are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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HJK form and stats

4-6-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for HJK so far this season.

HJK lost their last game at Ilves after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Inter Turku (0-1).

The HJK fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. HJK's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lahti form and stats

Lahti, who have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Veikkausliiga, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Veikkausliiga, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

Lahti are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at SJK. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against KPV.

The attacking power of Lahti when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Lahti have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: HJK - Lahti 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 HJK victories, 2 draws and 4 Lahti wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HJKR. Riski
R. Riski
7 goals / 2 assists
HJKE. Mensah
E. Mensah
6 goals
LahtiJosu Currais
Josu Currais
6 goals / 2 assists

HJK missing players

Lahti missing players

HJK Lahti
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
9 5 2 Won W 0 4 9
10 6 1 Drew D 0 3 9
8 2 1 Lost L 3 6 9
33 21 7 Scored S 1 8 29
29 12 4 Conceded C 8 19 36
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 89%
70% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 67%
44% 54% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 41%
22% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 22%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 15%
52% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 23% 41%
33% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 37%
26% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 54% 33%
 
6.1 6.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.5 4.1
3.9 3.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.7 6.4 5.8
2 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.7 1.8
4 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • HJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • HJK have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lahti have scored away.
  • HJK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Lahti have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

HJK
All Veikkausliiga Champions League Finland Cup Europa League
All Home Away Home vs mid
15-08-19 EL HJK 2 - 2 Riga
18-08-19 VE KPV 2 - 1 HJK
24-08-19 VE Honka 0 - 1 HJK
01-09-19 VE HJK 2 - 2 RoPS
15-09-19 VE KuPS 1 - 0 HJK
21-09-19 VE Honka 3 - 1 HJK
28-09-19 VE HJK 3 - 0 Mariehamn
06-10-19 VE HJK 0 - 1 Inter Turku
19-10-19 VE Ilves 2 - 1 HJK
23-10-19 VE HJK 17:30 Lahti
Lahti
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League
All Home Away Away vs top
10-08-19 VE HJK 4 - 0 Lahti
19-08-19 VE Lahti 3 - 2 Honka
25-08-19 VE RoPS 3 - 0 Lahti
01-09-19 VE Lahti 0 - 1 Mariehamn
14-09-19 VE Lahti 3 - 0 RoPS
20-09-19 VE VPS 1 - 2 Lahti
28-09-19 VE Lahti 2 - 2 HIFK
06-10-19 VE Lahti 1 - 4 KPV
19-10-19 VE SJK 0 - 0 Lahti
23-10-19 VE HJK 17:30 Lahti

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter Turku 22 13 3 6 39 25 11 8 1 2 23 11 11 5 2 4 16 14 14 42
2 KuPS 22 11 7 4 39 23 11 5 4 2 19 9 11 6 3 2 20 14 16 40
3 Ilves 22 11 7 4 29 18 11 4 5 2 15 10 11 7 2 2 14 8 11 40
4 HJK 22 8 10 4 28 22 11 4 6 1 18 11 11 4 4 3 10 11 6 34
5 Honka 22 10 4 8 31 27 11 4 2 5 13 12 11 6 2 3 18 15 4 34
6 Mariehamn 22 9 4 9 29 23 11 4 1 6 14 15 11 5 3 3 15 8 6 31
7 SJK 22 7 7 8 17 23 11 4 2 5 7 11 11 3 5 3 10 12 -6 28
8 Lahti 22 7 7 8 21 29 11 4 5 2 15 11 11 3 2 6 6 18 -8 28
9 HIFK 22 6 8 8 25 29 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 1 4 6 11 18 -4 26
10 RoPS 22 6 6 10 19 25 11 3 2 6 9 11 11 3 4 4 10 14 -6 24
11 KPV 22 4 4 14 19 39 11 3 2 6 9 17 11 1 2 8 10 22 -20 16
12 VPS 22 2 9 11 22 35 11 2 4 5 15 18 11 0 5 6 7 17 -13 15

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