Home advantage could prove decisive in Inter Turku - SJK battle

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Inter Turku and SJK are both thriving in the Veikkausliiga with their 3rd and 4th positions respectively. Let's hope for a super match!

Insights:
  • Inter Turku have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Veikkausliiga
  • SJK have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Veikkausliiga

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 and SJK.

This football pitch uses the playing surface grass, unlike SJK's home ground. The latest 21 games by the guests on grass have given 11 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses.

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Inter Turku form and stats

Inter Turku have performed here this season with 7 wins from 11 Veikkausliiga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

A good away victory last time out for Inter Turku, who won 2-0 against Ilves.

Heartbreak before that as Inter lost 1-2 at HJK's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Inter handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and one defeat.

A decent goal production from Inter Turku in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Inter Turku are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.

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SJK form and stats

As the visiting team in Veikkausliiga matches, SJK, who have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Veikkausliiga, have produced an overall stat of 5-1-5 so far.

SJK played 2-2 against KuPS in their previous match.

That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Ilves.

SJK are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SJK as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, SJK have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: SJK - Inter Turku 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Inter won four games, two matches ended with a tie and SJK have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

InterB. Källman
B. Källman
13 goals
SJKA. Ngueukam
A. Ngueukam
10 goals
SJKJ. Jervis
J. Jervis
8 goals

Inter Turku missing players

SJK missing players

Inter Turku SJK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
14 8 1 Won W 1 6 13
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
9 3 2 Lost L 1 5 7
43 24 4 Scored S 3 12 40
27 12 6 Conceded C 5 16 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 96%
81% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 54% 69%
54% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 50%
27% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 38%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 19%
50% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 23% 42%
35% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 46% 35%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 27%
 
5.4 4.8 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6.5 5.4
4.8 4.8 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4 4.3
2.1 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.7 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 9.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.9 10.4
5.2 5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4.4
32% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 35%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Inter Turku have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Veikkausliiga
  • Inter Turku haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SJK have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Veikkausliiga
  • SJK have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 22 15 4 3 38 14 11 7 3 1 18 5 11 8 1 2 20 9 24 49
2 HJK 22 15 4 3 32 12 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 8 2 1 15 4 20 49
3 Inter Turku 22 12 3 7 36 22 11 7 2 2 20 9 11 5 1 5 16 13 14 39
4 SJK 22 11 4 7 29 24 11 6 3 2 22 12 11 5 1 5 7 12 5 37
5 HIFK 22 9 6 7 23 23 11 4 2 5 12 18 11 5 4 2 11 5 0 33
6 Ilves 22 10 3 9 21 23 11 8 1 2 13 7 11 2 2 7 8 16 -2 33
7 Lahti 22 8 8 6 27 25 11 5 3 3 14 11 11 3 5 3 13 14 2 32
8 Honka 22 7 5 10 28 29 11 4 2 5 12 13 11 3 3 5 16 16 -1 26
9 Haka 22 7 3 12 21 26 11 3 2 6 11 12 11 4 1 6 10 14 -5 24
10 Mariehamn 22 7 2 13 20 32 11 3 1 7 9 17 11 4 1 6 11 15 -12 23
11 Oulu 22 5 3 14 17 35 11 3 2 6 8 14 11 2 1 8 9 21 -18 18
12 KTP 22 1 5 16 18 45 11 0 2 9 7 21 11 1 3 7 11 24 -27 8

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.