Soccer match preview: Inter Turku confident before travelling to Mariehamn

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Wed 05.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wiklöf Holding Arena (4000 seats)

The visiting Inter Turku side should be favourites in this visit to Mariehamn, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their seven league games this season.

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.

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Mariehamn form and stats

Three Veikkausliiga home games done for Mariehamn, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.

The fans are hoping that Mariehamn will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Veikkausliiga game against Inter Turku (placed 1st). Preceding that match was a defeat to HIFK (0-3).

There will be little rest for Mariehamn after this match as they are travelling to RoPS for a Veikkausliiga game in only four days.

Mariehamn have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mariehamn defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Inter Turku form and stats

Inter Turku, who have the most scored goals (14) in Veikkausliiga, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Veikkausliiga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Impressive finishing from T. Furuholm (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Mariehamn in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Haka at their stadium, the result 2-0.

A new game in only four days for Inter, the Veikkausliiga home match versus Haka. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Inter have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Inter Turku - Mariehamn 2-1. Mariehamn-Inter Turku H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mariehamn zero wins, Inter Turku nine wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Inter TurkuT. Furuholm
T. Furuholm
6 goals
MariehamnA. Ademi
A. Ademi
4 goals
Inter TurkuA. Paananen
A. Paananen
2 goals

Mariehamn missing players

Inter Turku missing players

Mariehamn Inter Turku
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 5
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
8 2 0 Scored S 2 3 14
12 5 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
83% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
83% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 43%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
67% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
17% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 29%
33% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
3.8 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 12 6.3 6.1
7.2 5.3 9 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.3 4.9
2.2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
41 16 4 Total Shots T S 14 31 90
24 10 2 Shots on Target S O 10 13 38
33% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 37%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Inter Turku has the most scored goals (14)
  • Inter Turku have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Inter Turku haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mariehamn has the most conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Mariehamn have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter Turku 7 5 1 1 14 5 4 4 0 0 11 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 9 16
2 KuPS 7 4 3 0 12 4 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 1 3 0 6 3 8 15
3 HJK 6 4 1 1 13 4 3 2 1 0 7 3 3 2 0 1 6 1 9 13
4 Honka 6 2 4 0 7 4 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 10
5 HIFK 6 3 1 2 8 9 3 1 0 2 2 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 -1 10
6 Ilves 7 2 3 2 9 13 3 1 2 0 6 5 4 1 1 2 3 8 -4 9
7 Lahti 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 1 6 4 -2 7
8 SJK 6 1 2 3 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 5
9 Mariehamn 6 1 2 3 8 12 3 0 2 1 2 5 3 1 0 2 6 7 -4 5
10 Haka 6 0 4 2 7 11 2 0 1 1 1 3 4 0 3 1 6 8 -4 4
11 TPS 6 1 0 5 5 12 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 1 0 2 4 6 -7 3
12 RoPS 6 0 2 4 6 11 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 -5 2

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.