It's early days in the Veikkausliiga and both Inter Turku and HJK are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
10 - 5 - 8 with 26-27. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for HJK when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. HJK play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Inter Turku form and stats
Perfect Veikkausliiga season at home so far for Inter Turku 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The Inter Turku supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ilves in Veikkausliiga and win 5-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at KuPS.
As mentioned above, Inter "killed" Ilves in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. T. Furuholm was absolutely essential when Inter Turku beat Ilves 5-1, scoring three goals.
Early season league goal statistics from Inter Turku's 2 home games: 8 goals, 2 conceded.
HJK form and stats
1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for HJK in their Veikkausliiga matches away.
L. Lingman, Roope Riski and R. Schüller scored in HJK's previous match, the home game against Haka that ended 3-1. Prior to that result HJK won their away game at Lahti. The scoreline was 4-0.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, HJK has managed 4 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Inter Turku-HJK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Inter four wins, HJK five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Furuholm 3 goals |   L. Lingman 2 goals |  R. Schüller 2 goals |
Inter Turku missing players
HJK missing players
| Inter Turku | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 32 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 15 | 15 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 53% | 53% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 54% |
| Inter Turku | Last season | HJK | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 90% | ||||||||||||||||
| 78% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||||||||||||||||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||||||||||||||||
| 22% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||||||||||||||||
| 15% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||||||||||||||||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 55% | ||||||||||||||||
| 30% | 36% | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tirana | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 32 | 62 |
| 2 | Kukësi | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 53 |
| 3 | Laci | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 49 |
| 4 | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | KuPS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Ilves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | SJK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | HIFK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Honka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Haka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Lahti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| 11 | TPS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | RoPS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |