After the first game it's Honka - Haka 0-3 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Veikkausliiga match of the season?
This promises to be an appealing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Honka form and stats
The previous season, Honka's league results were 9 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses, resulting in 4th spot in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 26 goals and gave away 17. Playing as the home team in the last season Honka produced 5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 9 conceded.
Honka faced defeat in their previous match, away at HJK (0-1).
0-0 away at SJK before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Honka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Honka as a small favourite), we find ten games. Honka has won three of these, drawn four and lost three.
Haka form and stats
Let's have a look at how Haka performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 76 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 30/9 goals scored/conceded.
The followers enjoyed Haka's previous game versus Ilves (placed 10th), a 2-1 win played at home.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Inter Turku.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Haka playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were six Haka wins, one draw and two defeats.
Head 2 Head
Honka-Haka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Honka three wins, Haka three wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Sadiku 3 goals | A. Katanić 2 goals |  S. Zarokostas 2 goals |
Honka missing players
Haka missing players
| Honka | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Honka | Last season | Haka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 32% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Haka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | KuPS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | SJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | HJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Oulu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | VPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lahti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | HIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ilves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Inter Turku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Honka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
