It's early days in the Veikkausliiga and both HJK and Oulu are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
- HJK have the most scored goals (11) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the fewest scored goals (2) in Veikkausliiga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Oulu play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Oulu on artifical turf are 7 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 24-16. You can compare this with overall results below.
HJK form and stats
As mentioned below, HJK are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Veikkausliiga games.
The HJK goalkeeper Hugo Keto is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 379 minutes without conceding a goal in the Veikkausliiga.
A strong away win for HJK against SJK the last match, as M. Tenho were on target.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Lahti.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how HJK have performed as huge favourites like they are today: five games found in the database showing five HJK wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
Early season league goal statistics from HJK's 2 home games: 6 goals, 2 conceded.
Oulu form and stats
Oulu have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Veikkausliiga were 8 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 11 fixtures. With the Oulu losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The manager J. Ahola was unhappy after their last game, a Veikkausliiga match played at their home ground Raatin stadion. Oulu suffered a 1-2 loss to HIFK (placed 3rd).
A loss against SJK was the result prior to that, in a home game.Nobody expects Oulu to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath six times before, with the overall statistics of won four, draw one and lost one. When defeated, zero matches have been lost by two or more goals.
1 goal so far away for Oulu, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: three wins for HJK, two draws and zero wins for Oulu. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 2 goals |  D. O'Shaughnessy 1 goals | M. Tenho 1 goals |
HJK missing players
Oulu missing players
| HJK | Oulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 14 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.2 |
| 52% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 22% |
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most clean sheets (4) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most points from losing position (3) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (11) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (6) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+4) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+9) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK is in the best form (4-1-0)
- Oulu have the fewest scored goals (2) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu is in the worst form (0-0-4)
| HJK | Last season | Oulu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 77% | ||
| 59% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 50% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 59% | ||
| 45% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 9% | ||
| 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 | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | HIFK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | KuPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Ilves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Lahti | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | SJK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | KTP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Haka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Honka | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | Oulu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 0 |