Veikkausliiga match preview: SJK believed to be the weaker party when HJK pays a visit

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: OmaSP Stadion (2800 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Veikkausliiga table has to be read with caution. So far SJK find themselves in 6th position and HJK are placed 1st.

Insights:
  • HJK have the most scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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SJK form and stats

Two Veikkausliiga home games so far for SJK, who are yet to win here at OmaSP Stadion. Only 2 points so far. SJK have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Happy days for SJK in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at Oulu (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus HIFK.

SJK has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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HJK form and stats

HJK are still undefeated on their travels in the Veikkausliiga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. HJK goalkeeper Hugo Keto is eager to challenge this, with his 289 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

HJK had fun at their own home (OmaSP Stadion) last time out, beating Lahti 2-0. Riku Riski and Roope Riski scored.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Ilves.

It's early days yet, but HJK has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SJK zero wins, two draws and HJK eight victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SJKJ. Jervis
J. Jervis
2 goals
HJKR. Riski
R. Riski
2 goals
SJKJ. Lepistö
J. Lepistö
1 goals

SJK missing players

HJK missing players

SJK HJK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 3 3 9
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 75%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 13.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 4.5 9.2
4.7 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 4.8
29% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 60% 47%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • HJK have the most clean sheets (2) away in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the most clean sheets (3) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the most points from losing position (3) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the most scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK have the the best goal difference (+7) in Veikkausliiga
  • HJK is in the best form (3-1-0)
SJK Last season HJK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
8 4   Won W   8 14
5 2   Drew D   1 6
9 5   Lost L   2 2
27 14   Scored S   26 53
29 17   Conceded C   8 17
86% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
68% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 86%
50% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 59%
27% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 41%
23% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 18%
59% 73%   BTTS BTTS   36% 50%
23% 9%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 45%
32% 18%   Failed to Score F T   18% 9%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.9 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 14
3.8 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.1 6.8
33% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 36%

  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.