Veikkausliiga match preview: Honka versus Inter Turku

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Fri 14.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto (70050 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Veikkausliiga so far, with Honka placed 7th and Inter Turku sitting in the 2nd position.

Insights:
  • Honka have the most conceded goals (7) in Veikkausliiga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Honka form and stats

Honka's first Veikkausliiga home game here at Tapiolan Urheilupuisto ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 11 matches.

Preceding that match was the home game against Mariehamn that was lost 0-2.

Early season league goal statistics from Honka's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.

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Inter Turku form and stats

Inter Turku have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Veikkausliiga were 3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 11 fixtures.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lahti wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

J. Engström came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Haka last time out, making the manager J. Riveiro feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when J. Engström scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Haka.

1 goal so far away for Inter Turku, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Honka victories, two draws and three Inter Turku wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HonkaD. Savage
D. Savage
2 goals
HonkaL. Paz Kaufmann
L. Paz Kaufmann
1 goals
HonkaD. Smith
D. Smith
1 goals

Honka missing players

Inter Turku missing players

Honka Inter Turku
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 1 1 1
5 0 0 Scored S 1 1 4
7 2 2 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 9.3
4.3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 5
38% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 14% 27%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Honka have the most conceded goals (7) in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Veikkausliiga
Honka Last season Inter Turku
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
9 5   Won W   3 12
10 4   Drew D   4 5
3 2   Lost L   4 5
26 13   Scored S   12 36
17 9   Conceded C   11 17
77% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
64% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 73%
27% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 36%
18% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 23%
9% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 14%
50% 55%   BTTS BTTS   36% 36%
45% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 45%
27% 27%   Failed to Score F T   36% 27%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.2 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 12.2
4 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 5.1
30% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mariehamn 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Inter Turku 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
3 HJK 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
4 HIFK 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Ilves 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Lahti 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Honka 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 -2 3
8 SJK 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
9 KuPS 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
10 KTP 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
11 Haka 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
12 Oulu 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
Last season 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 22 14 6 2 53 17 11 6 5 0 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 8 36 48
2 Inter Turku 22 12 5 5 36 17 11 9 1 1 24 6 11 3 4 4 12 11 19 41
3 KuPS 22 12 5 5 39 26 11 7 1 3 20 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 13 41
4 Honka 22 9 10 3 26 17 11 5 4 2 13 9 11 4 6 1 13 8 9 37
5 Ilves 22 10 6 6 37 29 11 5 4 2 20 12 11 5 2 4 17 17 8 36
6 Lahti 22 8 8 6 33 30 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 18 17 3 32
7 SJK 22 8 5 9 27 29 11 4 2 5 14 17 11 4 3 4 13 12 -2 29
8 HIFK 22 8 4 10 29 33 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 4 1 6 16 17 -4 28
9 Mariehamn 22 6 5 11 29 43 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 3 2 6 16 24 -14 23
10 Haka 22 5 7 10 25 41 11 1 2 8 9 25 11 4 5 2 16 16 -16 22
11 TPS 22 6 3 13 23 39 11 5 1 5 14 15 11 1 2 8 9 24 -16 21
12 RoPS 22 1 2 19 15 51 11 0 2 9 10 25 11 1 0 10 5 26 -36 5

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.