A fast pace is likely at Lahden Stadion when Lahti challenge HJK in what looks to be a splendid match. Read on!
- Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (27) in Veikkausliiga
HJK could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Fenerbahce, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for HJK.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting HJK have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-5-9 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
Lahti form and stats
Lahti have played 9 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Lahti fans got no joy from their last match, a Veikkausliiga game also here at Lahden Stadion: A 0-2 defeat against Haka (placed 9th).
Preceding that game was the away draw at KuPS that finished 2-2.Lahti have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lahden Stadion with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Lahti have conceded 10 in these home matches.
HJK form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Veikkausliiga.
374 minutes! That's how long the HJK goalkeeper Hugo Keto and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
HJK are travelling again after losing away to Fenerbahce in their previous match (0-1).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga.A quick return to home after this game, as HJK are hosting Fenerbahce in the Europa League only three days away.
HJK find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. HJK's manager T. Koskela has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lahti and HJK have duelled before this season: HJK - Lahti 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Lahti victories, three draws and five HJK wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Valenčič 6 goals |   G. Charles 5 goals |
Lahti missing players
HJK missing players
| Lahti | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 81% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 44% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 19% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 3.6 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 9.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.9 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 34% | 36% |
- HJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most clean sheets (11) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most clean sheets (6) away in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most points (19) away in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (27) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+20) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti have the most scored goals in the second half (17) 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Lahti | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | SJK | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | HIFK | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Ilves | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 8 | Honka | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Haka | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Oulu | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| 12 | KTP | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 8 |