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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Fri 27.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: OmaSP Stadion (2800 seats)

With their 12 point advantage in the league table, SJK fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Haka.

Insights:
  • SJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

SJK and Haka 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.

It should be mentioned that Haka play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Haka on artifical turf are 8 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 25-22. You can compare this with overall results below.

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SJK form and stats

SJK have played 8 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the KuPS game SJK has been unbeatable here at OmaSP Stadion producing four straight wins.

A nice win for SJK last time playing, versus Honka. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Jake Jervis, Denys Oliynyk and Ariel Ngueukam scoring for the victors.

Before that, SJK played out a draw 0-0 when visiting HJK.

SJK are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave OmaSP Stadion with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history five earlier games are comparable to this one, and SJK has won one time, drawn two and lost two. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that SJK has won by at least two goals zero times when in this position.

The SJK fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. SJK's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Haka form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Haka playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Haka in their previous game, as they lost their Veikkausliiga-match, hosting Oulu, 0-1.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lahti at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played seven away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with two wins, three draws and two defeats. one game were lost by at least two goals margin.

Haka have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Haka in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three SJK victories, five draws and one Haka win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SJKJ. Jervis
J. Jervis
5 goals
HakaA. Vucenovic
A. Vucenovic
3 goals
SJKN. Boxall
N. Boxall
2 goals

SJK missing players

Haka missing players

SJK Haka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 3 9 16
8 4 2 Won W 0 3 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 3 5 9
18 12 7 Scored S 1 9 13
13 9 3 Conceded C 5 10 19
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
60% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 69%
27% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 38%
13% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
13% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 38%
47% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
27% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 44%
 
5.4 5.2 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 6.8 6.6
4.9 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.8
2.3 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.3 11.5 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8 7.8
4.3 5.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 3
28% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 32% 27%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SJK haven’t played a single 0-0 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 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 Inter Turku 17 9 2 6 25 16 9 6 2 1 15 6 8 3 0 5 10 10 9 29
4 Lahti 16 7 6 3 23 17 9 5 2 2 14 10 7 2 4 1 9 7 6 27
5 SJK 15 8 3 4 18 13 8 4 2 2 12 9 7 4 1 2 6 4 5 27
6 HIFK 13 5 5 3 13 11 7 2 2 3 7 9 6 3 3 0 6 2 2 20
7 Ilves 16 6 2 8 16 22 7 5 0 2 9 7 9 1 2 6 7 15 -6 20
8 Honka 16 5 3 8 22 23 7 3 1 3 9 8 9 2 2 5 13 15 -1 18
9 Oulu 17 5 1 11 15 26 9 3 1 5 7 12 8 2 0 6 8 14 -11 16
10 Haka 16 4 3 9 13 19 7 1 2 4 4 9 9 3 1 5 9 10 -6 15
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

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.