It's still early in the Veikkausliiga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Honka - Inter Turku preview!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Veikkausliiga. This match was also played here at Tapiolan Urheilupuisto. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Inter Turku have had more rest.
Honka form and stats
Only two Veikkausliiga home games for Honka so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Honka's last game was hosting TPS (placed 12th) and winning 3-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus KuPS.
This is expected to be a close game, with Honka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Honka as a small favourite), we find five games. Honka has won one of these, drawn three and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as RoPS are coming to town in four days.
At Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Honka has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Inter Turku form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga, on their Veikkausliiga travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Inter Turku had fun at their own home (Tapiolan Urheilupuisto) last time out, beating HJK 1-0. T. Furuholm scored. A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Ilves.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Inter playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were four Inter Turku wins, zero draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Veikkausliiga trip to Haka.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Inter Turku has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Honka wins - draws - Inter Turku wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Furuholm 4 goals |   L. Paz Kaufmann 2 goals |  J. Dongou Tsafack 2 goals |
Honka missing players
Inter Turku missing players
| Honka | Inter Turku | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 7.2 | 7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 12 | 6.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 23 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 49 |
| 18 | 13 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 28% | 31% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
- Inter Turku has the most scored goals (9)
- Inter Turku has the the best goal difference (+6)
- Inter Turku is in the best form (3-0-1)
| Honka | Last season | Inter Turku | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 78% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 22% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 15% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 30% | ||
| 14% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 15% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 285 | 138 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 288 | ||
| 129 | 62 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 128 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter Turku | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | KuPS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Ilves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 4 | HJK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Honka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | SJK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | HIFK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Haka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | RoPS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | TPS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |