Honka vs HJK: Match guide and preview

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting HJK have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-5-6 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.

Honka form and stats

When playing at home in the Veikkausliiga, Honka have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

The Honka crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to HJK here at Tapiolan Urheilupuisto in a Veikkausliiga match. Heartbreak before that as Honka lost 2-3 at Lahti's place.

The Honka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Honka have conceded 12 in these home matches.

HJK form and stats

4-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for HJK in their Veikkausliiga matches away.

Two travels in a row for HJK, whose manager T. Koskela could celebrate last time after the Veikkausliiga win against Honka. A 1-2 defeat away at KPV before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting HJK as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. HJK have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Honka - HJK 0-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Honka, 3 draws and 4 wins for HJK. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

Borjas Martín 11 goals / 1 assists

R. Riski 6 goals / 2 assists

E. Mensah 4 goals

Honka missing players

HJK missing players