The league table in Veikkausliiga tells a story about these teams so far, with Honka leading Haka by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Honka nor Haka 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.
Honka form and stats
Honka, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Veikkausliiga, have collected 13 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 3-4-1.
Honka haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 213 minutes ago. J. M. Dongou scored that one. Honka are confident in defense, having played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Honka manager V. Vasara and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Inter Turku (placed 3rd) in the Veikkausliiga. In the match before that, Honka hosted HJK and drew the game 0-0.
The Honka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. From these home matches, Honka have conceded only 6 goals.
Haka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Veikkausliiga, on their Veikkausliiga travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Haka in their previous game, as they lost their Veikkausliiga-match, hosting RoPS, 0-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ilves that ended 1-1.
Haka find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Haka have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Haka - Honka 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Honka wins - draws - Haka wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Honka missing players
Haka missing players
| Honka | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 65% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 144 | 62 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 49 | 122 |
| 66 | 26 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 23 | 50 |
| 27% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 48% | 36% |
- Haka has the most conceded goals (36) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the most clean sheets (8) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the most matches under the total-line (13) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Honka | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | HIFK | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Ilves | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Lahti | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | SJK | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | TPS | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 11 | Haka | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -18 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -23 | 5 |