Lots of ups and downs for these squads so far this campaign, situated in positions near the median of the Veikkausliiga table. Here's the Lahti - Honka latest:
- Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Lahti nor Honka 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 collected 18 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 5-3-3.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Lahti, as their goalkeeper Joona Tiainen has completely shut out the opponents for 236 minutes in the Veikkausliiga.
Lahti are returning here after visiting Mariehamn in a Veikkausliiga game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Loorents Hertsi, Geoffrey Chinedu Charles and Altin Zeqiri scored the goal(s).
Before that, Lahti drew at home versus Oulu.This is expected to be a close game, with Lahti perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lahti as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Lahti has won three of these, drawn four and lost four.
Lahti has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Honka form and stats
3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Honka in their Veikkausliiga matches away.
Honka won their last game, 6-1 versus Oulu played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Honka was very dominant against Oulu, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with Darren Smith (4), Jerry Voutilainen and Otso Koskinen providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Darren Smith's lethal finishing against Oulu. four goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Haka.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, two draws and two defeats.
Honka are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Honka in these games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Honka - Lahti 1-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Lahti won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Honka got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  G. Charles 7 goals |  D. Smith 7 goals | A. Zeqiri 5 goals |
Lahti missing players
Honka missing players
| Lahti | Honka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 35 |
| 27 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 35 |
| 88% | 77% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 92% |
| 73% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 73% |
| 42% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 15% | 15% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 31% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 54% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 58% | 54% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 15% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 23% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 38% |
- Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lahti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) 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 | 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 |