Only the second game in the Veikkausliiga for these teams and it's all to play for here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä as RoPS welcomes HIFK. Check out this preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for HIFK, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
RoPS form and stats
RoPS are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Inter Turku. Prior to that, an away loss at KuPS in the Finland Cup.
Last season, RoPS's league statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 25. Playing at home last season RoPS managed 3-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 11 conceded.
HIFK form and stats
The attacking players of HIFK have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 219 minutes.
The manager T. Thodesen was unhappy after their last game, a Veikkausliiga match played at their home ground Telia 5G-Areena. HIFK suffered a 0-3 loss to KuPS (placed 2nd). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Inter Turku in the Finland Cup.
HIFK did not look prepared in the first half against KuPS and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.
Let's have a look at how HIFK performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 11/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (RoPS wins - draws - HIFK wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.RoPS missing players
HIFK missing players
| RoPS | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RoPS | Last season | HIFK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 93% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 59% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 75% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 39% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 14% | ||
| 37% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 57% | ||
| 26% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 25% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 25% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 211 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 246 | ||
| 91 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 107 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | KuPS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Ilves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | SJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Haka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Honka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | TPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | RoPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | HIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Lahti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |