It's early days in the Veikkausliiga and both TPS and HJK are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
The hosts TPS saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Veikkausliiga. That game was an away game at Honka, so at least TPS are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
This stadium uses grass, unlike HJK's home stadium. The visitors last 23 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses.
TPS form and stats
TPS's first Veikkausliiga home game here ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 14 matches. TPS has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager T. Pikkarainen and the players.
TPS faced defeat in their previous match, away at Honka (1-3). Ahead of that match, TPS lost 0-1 at home to Ilves.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lahti are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the TPS at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
HJK form and stats
Things could have gone better for HJK in their Veikkausliiga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
HJK play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Inter Turku (placed 1st). Before that, HJK secured a home win against Haka with the score 3-1.
After this away game HJK return home for a Veikkausliiga game against Ilves. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but HJK has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): TPS won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and HJK has nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  L. Lingman 2 goals |  R. Schüller 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |
TPS missing players
HJK missing players
| TPS | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 8 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 9 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 47% |
- TPS is in the worst form (0-0-3)
| TPS | Last season | HJK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 90% | ||
| 67% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 30% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 15% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 55% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 31% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 327 | 171 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 320 | ||
| 156 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 131 | ||
| 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | KuPS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Ilves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 4 | HJK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Honka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | SJK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | HIFK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Haka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | RoPS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | TPS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 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 | Haka | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 54 | 74 |
| 2 | TPS | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | Jaro | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | KTP | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 42 |
| 5 | MuSa | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 31 | -14 | 38 |
| 6 | EIF | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -13 | 30 |
| 7 | Oulu | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Kajaani | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -12 | 24 |
| 9 | MYPA | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 33 | -32 | 22 |
| 10 | TPV | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -24 | 21 |