It's advantage Honka so far with their 4th position in the Veikkausliiga table, welcoming Ilves who are placed 6th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Honka form and stats
Honka have played 6 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Honka's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus HIFK (placed 5th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AGF (2-5).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Honka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost one.
The manager V. Vasara will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to RoPS in only three days.
Honka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, Honka have conceded only 4 goals.
Ilves form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Veikkausliiga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Ilves, whose manager J. Wiss could celebrate last time after the Veikkausliiga win against Haka. A 2-2 draw at Shamrock Rovers (after extra-time, 12-11 on penalties)'s stadium before that.
Ilves are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting HJK in just four days.
Ilves have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ilves have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings between the teams: Honka won three, Ilves won one and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Dongou Tsafack 7 goals |   I. Mettälä 5 goals | L. Ala-Myllymäki 3 goals |
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| Honka | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 17 |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 115 | 52 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 57 | 154 |
| 53 | 22 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 27 | 63 |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 26% | 27% |
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Honka has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Honka has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ilves have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | KuPS | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Honka | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | HIFK | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Ilves | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Lahti | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | SJK | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | TPS | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 11 | Haka | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -14 | 8 |
| 12 | RoPS | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -18 | 2 |