SJK are placed 4th, while Lahti are hanging back 2 points behind in the league table. Can they crop the gap?
- SJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
It's no vacation for neither SJK nor Lahti 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Lahti have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-5-7 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.
SJK form and stats
The total Veikkausliiga results at home this season for SJK are 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for SJK in their previous match, an away game at Haka that ended in defeat 0-4. SJK were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Ariel Ngueukam for missing a penalty kick versus Haka in the 70th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Inter Turku.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from SJK's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
SJK have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at OmaSP Stadion with 18 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. SJK have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Lahti form and stats
Playing away, Lahti have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Lahti, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus KTP (placed 12th) in the Veikkausliiga last time out.
A draw for Lahti before that, at their own venue hosting Oulu (0-0).Looking at the earlier recent performances of Lahti when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning two games.
Lahti have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lahti have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier this season: Lahti - SJK 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one SJK victory, four draws and five Lahti wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jervis 7 goals |   G. Charles 5 goals | A. Ngueukam 4 goals |
SJK missing players
Lahti missing players
| SJK | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 62% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 38% |
| 24% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 14% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 29% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 52% |
| 43% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 29% |
| 5.9 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.4 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.8 | 8.3 |
| 4 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | 30% |
- Lahti have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- SJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SJK have won significantly less corners at 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 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | KuPS | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 24 | 48 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | SJK | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Lahti | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | HIFK | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Ilves | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Honka | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 10 | Haka | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Oulu | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 12 | KTP | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -25 | 8 |