Football betting preview: HJK favourites when Mariehamn visits

HJK and Mariehamn 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.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Mariehamn's home stadium. The visitors last 16 games on artificial turf have ended in 3 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses.

HJK form and stats

HJK have played 11 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that HJK will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Veikkausliiga game against Honka. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at KuPS.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from HJK's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 0 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

The HJK fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. HJK have conceded 11 in these home matches.

Mariehamn form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Veikkausliiga, on their Veikkausliiga travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Veikkausliiga home defeat versus KuPS with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Mariehamn manager P. Lundberg faced defeat when travelling to Inter Turku and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Mariehamn playing away, we found three games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

Mariehamn find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Mariehamn are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

HJK and Mariehamn have met before this season: Mariehamn - HJK 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 HJK victories, 3 draws and 0 Mariehamn wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 8 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Riski 7 goals / 2 assists

A. Mboma 7 goals

K. Isaksson 6 goals / 1 assists

HJK missing players

Mariehamn missing players