This could be an interesting match as Ilves have their presumed home advantage while Honka are ahead 4 points in the Veikkausliiga table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Ilves form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Ilves have to build on here at Tammelan Stadion in the Veikkausliiga.
Happy days for Ilves in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at SJK (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Inter Turku that was lost 0-2.
Ilves have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tammelan Stadion with 16 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Ilves have conceded 11 goals.
Honka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Veikkausliiga, on their Veikkausliiga travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Haka game have they lost an away game, meaning Honka has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
Honka go into this game after a win, the home game against Lahti that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus KuPS at their stadium, the result 2-0.
The visiting Honka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. Honka are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Honka - Ilves 3-2. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Ilves victory, three draws and four Honka wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Dongou Tsafack 8 goals |   L. Ala-Myllymäki 7 goals | N. Skyttä 6 goals |
Ilves missing players
Honka missing players
| Ilves | Honka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 90% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 76% |
| 81% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 62% |
| 48% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 57% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 48% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 60% | 48% |
| 19% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 259 | 148 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 99 | 189 |
| 102 | 57 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 49 | 84 |
| 32% | 28% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 24% | 30% |
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the most clean sheets (6) away in Veikkausliiga
- Honka has the most matches under the total-line (16) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka have not yet lost a game away.
- Honka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | KuPS | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Honka | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Ilves | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Lahti | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | HIFK | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | SJK | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Haka | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -15 | 22 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | TPS | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 15 |
| 12 | RoPS | 21 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -35 | 5 |