Veikkausliiga duel: Close contest expected between Inter Turku and Honka

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Sun 21.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Veritas Stadion (9372 seats)

Inter Turku and Honka are both riding high in the Veikkausliiga with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Inter Turku and Honka.

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Inter Turku form and stats

Inter Turku, who have the most points (16) at home in Veikkausliiga, have performed well here at Veritas Stadion so far this season with 5 wins from 8 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. It’s been three wins in a row for Inter Turku here at Veritas Stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Inter Turku's previous game was a Veikkausliiga match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Honka. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Inter Turku won a home game hosting Brøndby (2-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Inter Turku perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Inter Turku as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Inter Turku has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

The Inter Turku manager Jose Riveiro has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games. On the other hand, Inter Turku have conceded 8 goals.

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Honka form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Honka playing as the away team this season.

Honka play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Inter Turku. Before that, Honka secured a home win against HIFK with the score 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Honka playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 1 Honka win, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Honka are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Honka in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Inter Turku - Honka 3-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Inter Turku won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Honka has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 8 / 2

Top Goalscorers

Borjas Martín
8 goals / 1 assists
T. Furuholm
7 goals / 1 assists

Inter Turku missing players

Honka missing players

Inter Turku Honka
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played 2 8 16
8 5 1 Won 1 4 8
3 1 0 Drew 1 2 3
5 2 1 Lost 0 2 5
30 17 3 Scored 4 12 24
20 8 3 Conceded 1 10 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 88% 50% Over 1.5 100% 88% 81%
69% 62% 50% Over 2.5 50% 62% 56%
31% 38% 50% Over 3.5 0% 25% 25%
19% 25% 50% Over 4.5 0% 0% 6%
81% 62% 50% BTTS 50% 62% 56%
19% 38% 50% Clean Sheets 50% 25% 31%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 12% 12%
 
4.8 4.9 6 Corners For (avg) 5 5 5.4
4.1 4 3 Corners Against (avg) 7 3.9 3.9
1.9 1.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Honka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Inter Turku have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Inter Turku have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Inter Turku haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Inter Turku
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-07-19 VE SJK 2 - 1 Inter Turku
05-07-19 VE Inter Turku 2 - 0 Lahti
11-07-19 EL Brøndby 4 - 1 Inter Turku
18-07-19 EL Inter Turku 2 - 0 Brøndby
21-07-19 VE Inter Turku 3 - 1 Honka
28-07-19 VE RoPS 14:00 Inter Turku
04-08-19 VE Inter Turku 15:00 Mariehamn
10-08-19 VE KuPS 14:00 Inter Turku
16-08-19 VE Inter Turku 15:30 HIFK
26-08-19 VE Inter Turku 15:30 KPV
Honka
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Ykkonen Club Friendlies Kakkonen-LohkoB
All Home Away
25-06-19 VE Honka 1 - 0 RoPS
30-06-19 VE Mariehamn 2 - 2 Honka
06-07-19 VE Honka 1 - 2 KuPS
13-07-19 VE Honka 3 - 0 HIFK
21-07-19 VE Inter Turku 3 - 1 Honka
27-07-19 VE Honka 14:00 Ilves
03-08-19 VE VPS 14:00 Honka
10-08-19 VE Honka 14:00 SJK
19-08-19 VE Lahti 15:30 Honka
24-08-19 VE Honka 12:00 HJK

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Ilves 15 8 5 2 19 9 7 3 4 0 10 4 8 5 1 2 9 5 10 29
2 Inter Turku 16 8 3 5 30 20 8 5 1 2 17 8 8 3 2 3 13 12 10 27
3 KuPS 16 7 6 3 25 19 8 3 3 2 11 8 8 4 3 1 14 11 6 27
4 Honka 16 8 3 5 24 19 8 4 1 3 12 9 8 4 2 2 12 10 5 27
5 HJK 17 6 8 3 19 17 8 3 4 1 11 8 9 3 4 2 8 9 2 26
6 SJK 16 7 5 4 16 15 7 4 1 2 6 4 9 3 4 2 10 11 1 26
7 Mariehamn 15 6 4 5 23 16 8 3 1 4 12 11 7 3 3 1 11 5 7 22
8 Lahti 16 4 7 5 15 19 8 2 5 1 11 8 8 2 2 4 4 11 -4 19
9 HIFK 15 4 6 5 11 14 9 4 3 2 9 7 6 0 3 3 2 7 -3 18
10 RoPS 16 4 3 9 10 18 8 1 2 5 4 8 8 3 1 4 6 10 -8 15
11 KPV 16 2 4 10 12 30 8 1 2 5 5 14 8 1 2 5 7 16 -18 10
12 VPS 16 0 8 8 13 21 8 0 4 4 8 12 8 0 4 4 5 9 -8 8

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