It's early days in the Veikkausliiga and both TPS and Lahti 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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for TPS and Lahti.
TPS form and stats
Two Veikkausliiga home games so far for TPS, who are yet to win here at Veritas Stadion. Only 0 points so far. It's trouble wherever TPS are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The TPS manager T. Pikkarainen might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The TPS fans got no joy from their last match, a Veikkausliiga game also here at Veritas Stadion: A 0-2 defeat against HJK (placed 3rd). Prior to that, an away loss at Honka.
Early season league goal statistics from TPS's 2 home games: 0 goals, 3 conceded.
Lahti form and stats
Things could have gone better for Lahti in their Veikkausliiga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Lahti lost away at KuPS (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Preceding that game was the away victory against HIFK with the score of 3-0.
It's early days yet, but Lahti has scored 3 and conceded 3 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 two games, one match ended with a draw and Lahti has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. Olawale 1 goals |  J. Assehnoun 1 goals | M. Kuningas 1 goals |
TPS missing players
Lahti missing players
| TPS | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 27% |
- TPS has the fewest points (0) at home
- TPS has the fewest scored goals (1)
- TPS has the the worst goal difference (-6)
- TPS is in the worst form (0-0-4)
| TPS | Last season | Lahti | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 89% | ||
| 67% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 43% | ||
| 30% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 25% | ||
| 15% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 14% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 43% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 327 | 171 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 260 | ||
| 156 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 116 | ||
| 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 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 | KuPS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | HJK | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Ilves | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 5 | Honka | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | HIFK | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 6 |
| 7 | Mariehamn | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | SJK | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Lahti | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Haka | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | RoPS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 12 | TPS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -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 | 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 |