The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Lahti are in the 6th position while the guesting Haka worry at 10th.
It's no vacation for neither Lahti nor Haka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lahti form and stats
Lahti have played 9 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Lahti in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at RoPS (placed 12th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mariehamn in a game that was won 3-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lahti played a great game against RoPS and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Lahti are traveling soon after this match as the Veikkausliiga match at Honka awaits in three days.
Lahti has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Haka form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Haka playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season.
The supporters enjoyed Haka's previous game versus TPS (placed 11th), a Veikkausliiga 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Honka with the score of 2-1.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Haka playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
The schedule is very tough for Haka now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Veikkausliiga game at KuPS is waiting in only three days.
Haka are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Haka have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Haka - Lahti 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Lahti, two draws and five wins for Haka. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Assehnoun 8 goals |  D. Imbongo Boele 5 goals |   E. Markkanen 5 goals |
Lahti missing players
Haka missing players
| Lahti | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 30 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 27 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 38 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 74% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 68% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 5% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 164 | 81 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 57 | 134 |
| 70 | 39 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 26 | 55 |
| 43% | 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 40% |
- Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lahti has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti has the most matches over the total-line (14) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | KuPS | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Honka | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Ilves | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Lahti | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | SJK | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | HIFK | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -10 | 20 |
| 10 | Haka | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | TPS | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -31 | 5 |