Betting preview: Lahti faced with a tough challenge when HJK visits

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Wed 01.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lahden Stadion

It's ground zero in Veikkausliiga - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Lahti and HJK did in their pre-season friendlies!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

HJK play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for HJK when playing on grass are 10 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 23 matches. They have scored 26 goals and conceded 27 times in these games.

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Lahti form and stats

Lahti have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Lahti scored 9 goals and let in 7 goals during these five games.

Last season, Lahti's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Lahti managed 4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 11 conceded.

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HJK form and stats

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. HJK have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from two fixtures.

Let's have a look at how HJK performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 10/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Lahti-HJK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lahti three wins, HJK four wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Lahti missing players

HJK missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lahti HJK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Lahti Last season HJK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 29
9 5   Won W   4 9
10 6   Drew D   4 11
9 3   Lost L   6 9
31 21   Scored S   12 36
38 17   Conceded C   17 33
89% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 90%
68% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 72%
43% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 48%
25% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 24%
14% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
43% 57%   BTTS BTTS   43% 55%
36% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 31%
32% 14%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
4.1 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 6.1
5.8 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
1 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
260 138   Total Shots T S   144 320
116 63   Shots on Target S O   59 131
27% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Haka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 HIFK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 HJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Honka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ilves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Turku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 KuPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lahti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mariehamn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RoPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 SJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 TPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Haka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 HIFK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 HJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Honka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ilves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Turku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 KuPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lahti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mariehamn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RoPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 SJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 TPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.