Struggling TPS will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Honka in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Lahti. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
TPS form and stats
TPS have played three Veikkausliiga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With TPS having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager T. Pikkarainen.
A strong away win for TPS against RoPS the last match, as J. Pikkarainen, M. Olawale and J. Peräaho were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Lahti with the scoreline 1-3.
Manager T. Pikkarainen felt very clever after J. Peräaho scored the winning goal against RoPS, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 75th minute.
There will be little rest for TPS after this match as they are travelling to HIFK for a Veikkausliiga game in only four days.
TPS have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for TPS with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Honka form and stats
Things could have gone better for Honka in their Veikkausliiga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. One point away has become something of a habit for Honka who have played out draws in their last three away games.
207 minutes! That's how long the Honka goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Honka has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Lahti for a Veikkausliiga game that ended a draw (0-0). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus RoPS.
After this away game Honka return home for a Veikkausliiga game against SJK. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Honka are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. The Honka defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Honka - TPS 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): TPS won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Honka has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  J. Dongou Tsafack 3 goals |   M. Olawale 2 goals | L. Paz Kaufmann 2 goals |
TPS missing players
Honka missing players
| TPS | Honka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 33% | 71% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 43% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | 26 | 2 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 22 | 58 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 11% | 28% |
- Honka has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Honka has the most matches under the total-line (6)
- Honka have not yet lost a game.
- Honka have yet to win a game away.
- TPS has the fewest points (0) at home
- TPS has the the worst goal difference (-7)
- TPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- TPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- TPS have lost all their home matches so far.
- TPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | KuPS | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | HJK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Honka | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | HIFK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Ilves | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 7 | Lahti | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | SJK | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Haka | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | TPS | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | RoPS | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 2 |