VPS will aim to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The hosting team are currently 5 points behind Haka.
- VPS have the most scored goals (29) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have scored at least twice as many goals away as VPS have scored home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Haka 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 5-2-5 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of action and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's start!
VPS form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Veikkausliiga this season. VPS have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here at Elisa Stadion. The VPS manager Nuorela might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Nuorela led his VPS to a defeat away at HJK. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Elisa Stadion.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Mariehamn (1-3).This is expected to be a close game, with VPS perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with VPS as a small favourite), we find 9 games. VPS has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
VPS have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. VPS have conceded 10 from these games.
Haka form and stats
Haka have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Veikkausliiga, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
Haka are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the fixture against Inter Turku (placed 7th). The end of the last match, against Inter Turku, was very satisfying as Erwin scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Prior to that result Haka won their away game at HIFK. The scoreline was 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Haka in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Haka, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visiting Haka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games.
Head 2 Head
Haka - VPS 0-2 was the output when these two participants previously did battle, earlier this season. Data for the last ten meetings involving these two contenders are: five wins for VPS, three draws and two wins for Haka. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals |  S. Zarokostas 2 goals | A. Pahkasalo 1 goals |
VPS missing players
Haka missing players
| VPS | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 29 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 64% |
| 64% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 71% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 21% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10 | 11 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 47% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 28% | 28% |
| 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.1 | 8.5 |
| 3.8 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- All of Haka's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Haka have scored at least twice as many goals away as VPS have scored home.
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- VPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- VPS have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the most scored goals (29) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have yet to win a game at home.
- VPS 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 | KuPS | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Honka | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Haka | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | Oulu | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | Ilves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | VPS | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | SJK | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Lahti | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -20 | 12 |
| 12 | HIFK | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -15 | 7 |
