Soccer game preview: Home fans with high expectations before Honka - Mariehamn

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 02.July
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto (70050 seats)

Honka warm up for Mariehamn with belief in securing all three points. Can they? Read our preview!

Insights:
  • Honka have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn have the fewest points (1) away in Veikkausliiga

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.

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Honka form and stats

The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for Honka at their home stadium (Tapiolan Urheilupuisto) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maksim Rudakov not having conceded a league goal in 219 minutes.

A strong away win for Honka against VPS the last match, as Rale were on target.

Before that, Honka had a home game versus KuPS which ended with a victory 2-0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), Honka's attacking play is working. Honka are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tapiolan Urheilupuisto in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Mariehamn form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Mariehamn playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season.

Mariehamn won their last game, 2-1 versus HJK played at home. Eureka; their first win in the league after six rounds not winning.

A 2-3 defeat away at Haka before that.

The attacking power of Mariehamn when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the teams met previously this season; Mariehamn - Honka 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Honka five wins, four draws and Mariehamn one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HonkaA. Sadiku
A. Sadiku
3 goals
MariehamnC. Carvalho da Silva
C. Carvalho da Silva
2 goals

Honka missing players

Mariehamn missing players

Honka Mariehamn
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
7 4 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 4 5
19 12 5 Scored S 0 3 10
9 4 1 Conceded C 4 10 17
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 73%
45% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 45%
18% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 27%
18% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
55% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 64%
36% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 36%
 
5.5 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 6 5
4.9 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.4 6.1
0.8 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.4 8.9
4.6 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.8 3.4
37% 46% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 16% 27%
 
8.7 10.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.4 8.6
3.2 3.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.2 3.7
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Honka have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Honka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Honka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mariehamn have scored away.
  • Honka have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mariehamn have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Mariehamn have the fewest points (1) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn have yet to win a game away.
  • Mariehamn 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 KuPS 12 9 2 1 19 8 6 5 1 0 11 4 6 4 1 1 8 4 11 29
2 HJK 13 8 2 3 18 12 6 4 0 2 11 9 7 4 2 1 7 3 6 26
3 Honka 11 7 2 2 19 9 5 4 1 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 7 5 10 23
4 Inter Turku 12 5 3 4 24 16 7 3 2 2 15 9 5 2 1 2 9 7 8 18
5 Oulu 12 5 3 4 17 15 6 3 2 1 9 7 6 2 1 3 8 8 2 18
6 Ilves 11 4 3 4 17 16 6 4 0 2 11 8 5 0 3 2 6 8 1 15
7 Haka 12 4 3 5 17 22 6 3 2 1 9 8 6 1 1 4 8 14 -5 15
8 VPS 11 4 1 6 21 15 5 0 1 4 3 7 6 4 0 2 18 8 6 13
9 SJK 12 3 3 6 11 19 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 1 1 4 4 12 -8 12
10 Mariehamn 11 2 4 5 10 17 6 2 3 1 7 7 5 0 1 4 3 10 -7 10
11 Lahti 12 2 3 7 12 24 5 0 1 4 1 11 7 2 2 3 11 13 -12 9
12 HIFK 11 1 3 7 9 21 6 0 1 5 3 14 5 1 2 2 6 7 -12 6

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.