Soccer match preview: Honka confident before travelling to KTP

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arto Tolsa Areena (4780 seats)

12th- against 8th position might not seem all that inviting. Fear not: We have the facts that makes KTP - Honka (even) more interesting!

Insights:
  • KTP have the most conceded goals (45) in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have scored at least twice as many goals away as KTP have scored home.

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's look for an active match!

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KTP form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Veikkausliiga this season. KTP have only managed 0 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Arto Tolsa Areena. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 20 attempts.

KTP lost their last game at Lahti after a 1-2 scoreline.

Heartbreak before that as KTP lost 2-4 at Mariehamn's place.

KTP aren't scoring a lot here at Arto Tolsa Areena in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Honka form and stats

3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Honka in their Veikkausliiga matches away.

Honka's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mariehamn that finished 1-1.

Before that, Honka travelled to Ilves and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visiting Honka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. Honka have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported history between these sides is the Honka - KTP 3-1 played not long ago this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero KTP victories, zero draws and four Honka wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KTPA. Mäkijärvi
A. Mäkijärvi
3 goals
KTPD. Ramadingaye
D. Ramadingaye
3 goals
HonkaE. Arko-Mensah
E. Arko-Mensah
3 goals

KTP missing players

Honka missing players

KTP Honka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 7
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
17 9 2 Lost L 0 5 10
19 7 2 Scored S 6 16 29
47 21 5 Conceded C 2 16 30
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
87% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 70%
61% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 48%
35% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 30%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 13%
61% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 57%
9% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 17%
35% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 35%
 
3.6 3.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.5 5.8
6.6 7.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.8 5.2
2 1.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
6.8 7.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 8.8
2.6 2.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 3.6
32% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 42% 35%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Honka have scored at least twice as many goals away as KTP have scored home.
  • KTP have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • KTP have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the fewest points (2) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most conceded goals (45) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have yet to win a game at home.
  • KTP is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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.