Soccer betting preview: Lahti welcomes Honka in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lahden Stadion (14500 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Veikkausliiga so far, with Lahti placed 10th and Honka sitting in the 9th position.

Insights:
  • Lahti have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have the most conceded goals (9) in Veikkausliiga

Lahti and Honka should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lahti form and stats

Only two Veikkausliiga home games for Lahti so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

No payout for Lahti in their previous match, an away game at HJK that ended in defeat 0-2.

Preceding that match was a defeat to KuPS (2-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lahti have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Lahti at home in the league. 4 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Honka form and stats

Honka, who have the most conceded goals (9) in Veikkausliiga, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Veikkausliiga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Home advantage was not enough for Honka in their previous game, as they lost their Veikkausliiga-match, hosting Inter Turku, 1-2.

Prior to that result Honka won their away game at KTP. The scoreline was 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Honka in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Honka, one draw and three defeats.

5 goals so far away for Honka, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lahti won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Honka has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

LahtiJ. Assehnoun
J. Assehnoun
2 goals
HonkaL. Paz Kaufmann
L. Paz Kaufmann
2 goals
HonkaD. Savage
D. Savage
2 goals

Lahti missing players

Honka missing players

Lahti Honka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
4 4 0 Scored S 0 5 6
7 5 0 Conceded C 0 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.3 4.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.3 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 9
3.3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 4
40% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 38%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Honka have the most conceded goals (5) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have the most conceded goals (9) in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have the most scored goals (5) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Lahti have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Veikkausliiga
Lahti Last season Honka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
8 4   Won W   4 9
8 5   Drew D   6 10
6 2   Lost L   1 3
33 15   Scored S   13 26
30 13   Conceded C   8 17
86% 73%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 77%
82% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 64%
73% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 27%
41% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
5% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 9%
55% 55%   BTTS BTTS   45% 50%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 45%
27% 36%   Failed to Score F T   27% 27%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
8.5 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 9.2
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4
42% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 30%

  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 4 3 1 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 7 10
2 Inter Turku 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 9
3 KuPS 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 7
4 Mariehamn 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
5 HIFK 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
6 SJK 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
7 KTP 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 4
8 Ilves 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 -1 4
9 Honka 4 1 0 3 6 9 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 5 5 -3 3
10 Lahti 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 3
11 Haka 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -6 0
12 Oulu 3 0 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -6 0
Last season 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 22 14 6 2 53 17 11 6 5 0 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 8 36 48
2 Inter Turku 22 12 5 5 36 17 11 9 1 1 24 6 11 3 4 4 12 11 19 41
3 KuPS 22 12 5 5 39 26 11 7 1 3 20 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 13 41
4 Honka 22 9 10 3 26 17 11 5 4 2 13 9 11 4 6 1 13 8 9 37
5 Ilves 22 10 6 6 37 29 11 5 4 2 20 12 11 5 2 4 17 17 8 36
6 Lahti 22 8 8 6 33 30 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 18 17 3 32
7 SJK 22 8 5 9 27 29 11 4 2 5 14 17 11 4 3 4 13 12 -2 29
8 HIFK 22 8 4 10 29 33 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 4 1 6 16 17 -4 28
9 Mariehamn 22 6 5 11 29 43 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 3 2 6 16 24 -14 23
10 Haka 22 5 7 10 25 41 11 1 2 8 9 25 11 4 5 2 16 16 -16 22
11 TPS 22 6 3 13 23 39 11 5 1 5 14 15 11 1 2 8 9 24 -16 21
12 RoPS 22 1 2 19 15 51 11 0 2 9 10 25 11 1 0 10 5 26 -36 5

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.