Football betting preview: KPV vs Honka

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä (2000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä haven’t seen too many victories this season, with KPV languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Honka will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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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KPV form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what KPV, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Veikkausliiga, have to build on here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä in the Veikkausliiga. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä.

In their previous game, the manager J. Uotinen led his KPV to a defeat in the Veikkausliiga match away at Inter Turku. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against HJK.

KPV aren't scoring a lot here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KPV defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Honka form and stats

Playing away, Honka have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Veikkausliiga home defeat versus HJK with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 2-3 defeat away at Lahti before that.

Honka are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. In the opposite end, Honka have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

KPV and Honka have met before this season: Honka - KPV 0-1. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for KPV, 1 draw and 3 wins for Honka. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Borjas Martín
11 goals / 1 assists
H. Helmke
4 goals / 1 assists
S. Roiha
4 goals

KPV missing players

Honka missing players

KPV Honka
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played 3 10 21
4 3 0 Won 2 5 9
4 2 1 Drew 0 2 4
13 5 2 Lost 1 3 8
19 9 1 Scored 5 17 30
38 16 6 Conceded 5 15 27
90% 90% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 80% 67% Over 1.5 100% 90% 76%
62% 60% 67% Over 2.5 67% 70% 57%
33% 20% 33% Over 3.5 33% 40% 29%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 33% 20% 14%
57% 60% 33% BTTS 67% 70% 57%
14% 10% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 29%
38% 40% 67% Failed To Score 33% 10% 19%
 
4 5.1 6 Corners For (avg) 5.7 6 5.4
5.1 4.6 3 Corners Against (avg) 3.3 3.7 4.1
2 1.6 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.5 1.5
2 1 1 Red Cards 0 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 away.
  • KPV have won significantly more corners at home than away.

KPV
29-06-19 VE RoPS 0 - 0 KPV
06-07-19 VE KPV 2 - 1 VPS
14-07-19 VE Mariehamn 3 - 0 KPV
20-07-19 VE KPV 1 - 2 SJK
28-07-19 VE KPV 2 - 1 KuPS
04-08-19 VE Lahti 1 - 0 KPV
09-08-19 VE HIFK 3 - 2 KPV
18-08-19 VE KPV 2 - 1 HJK
26-08-19 VE Inter Turku 2 - 1 KPV
31-08-19 VE KPV 12:00 Honka
Honka
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 1 - 2 Ilves
03-08-19 VE VPS 2 - 3 Honka
10-08-19 VE Honka 0 - 0 SJK
19-08-19 VE Lahti 3 - 2 Honka
24-08-19 VE Honka 0 - 1 HJK
31-08-19 VE KPV 12:00 Honka

  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 21 11 7 3 29 17 10 4 5 1 15 9 11 7 2 2 14 8 12 40
2 Inter Turku 21 12 3 6 38 25 11 8 1 2 23 11 10 4 2 4 15 14 13 39
3 KuPS 21 10 7 4 36 22 11 5 4 2 19 9 10 5 3 2 17 13 14 37
4 HJK 21 8 9 4 26 20 10 4 5 1 16 9 11 4 4 3 10 11 6 33
5 Honka 21 9 4 8 30 27 11 4 2 5 13 12 10 5 2 3 17 15 3 31
6 Mariehamn 21 8 4 9 28 23 11 4 1 6 14 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 5 28
7 SJK 21 7 7 7 16 20 10 4 2 4 6 8 11 3 5 3 10 12 -4 28
8 Lahti 21 7 7 7 21 28 10 4 5 1 15 10 11 3 2 6 6 18 -7 28
9 HIFK 21 6 8 7 23 26 11 5 4 2 14 11 10 1 4 5 9 15 -3 26
10 RoPS 21 6 5 10 17 23 11 3 2 6 9 11 10 3 3 4 8 12 -6 23
11 KPV 21 4 4 13 19 38 10 3 2 5 9 16 11 1 2 8 10 22 -19 16
12 VPS 21 1 9 11 19 33 10 1 4 5 12 16 11 0 5 6 7 17 -14 12