Trying to decrease the distance up to the top teams is the task when these two mid-table teams fight it out. Both are aiming to better their league position, Honka in 6th and HIFK in 7th place.
- Honka have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Veikkausliiga
- HIFK have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Veikkausliiga
HIFK play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. Up to date data for HIFK when playing on grass are 9 wins, 9 draws and 10 defeats from 28 matches. They have created 34 goals and conceded 34 times on these occasions.
Honka form and stats
3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for Honka so far this season.
Happy days for Honka in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at Mariehamn (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Prior to that, an away loss at SJK.Honka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded.
HIFK form and stats
HIFK's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed HIFK collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Veikkausliiga. 3 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
HIFK failed to get anything from their last game, a Veikkausliiga home match vs KuPS (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-5. HIFK lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs KTP.HIFK have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. HIFK are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the contenders met earlier this season; HIFK - Honka 1-0. Honka-HIFK H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Honka three wins, HIFK three wins, two draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Paz Kaufmann 3 goals |  D. Savage 3 goals | D. Smith 3 goals |
Honka missing players
HIFK missing players
| Honka | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 76% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 35% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 18% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 65% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 24% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 6 | 7.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 27% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 29% |
- HIFK have not yet lost a game away.
- HIFK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- HIFK have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Veikkausliiga
- Honka have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | KuPS | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Lahti | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | SJK | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Honka | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | HIFK | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Ilves | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Oulu | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Haka | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 11 |
| 12 | KTP | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 8 |