Having a 6 point edge in the league table, VPS supporters aim to see their adored players get all points from this fixture against Haka.
- VPS is in the best form (4-0-2) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have the most conceded goals (27) in Veikkausliiga
It should be mentioned that Haka play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Haka on artifical turf are 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats from eleven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 8-20. You can compare this with overall results below.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game was also an away game, at Crusaders. 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.
VPS form and stats
VPS have played 8 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as VPS has won their last four matches.
The VPS goalkeeper Teppo Marttinen is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 362 minutes without conceding a goal in the Veikkausliiga.
A nice win for VPS last time playing, versus Oulu. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Strandvall and Ahiabu scoring for the victors.
Before that match, a win away at Inter Turku.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier VPS matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
It should be noted that a look at the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
VPS are not conceding a lot of goals here at Elisa Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Haka form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Haka so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-7 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Haka, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Two away games in a row for Haka, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Crusaders in the Europa Conference League.
One game before, 2-2 at home against Crusaders in the Europa Conference League. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Haka when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 3 and winning 0 games.
Haka are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 8 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
VPS and Haka have played each other earlier this season: Haka - VPS 2-2. VPS-Haka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: VPS five wins, Haka three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals | J. Pikkarainen 1 goals | S. Alanko 1 goals |
VPS missing players
Haka missing players
| VPS | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 27 |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 25% | 12% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 60% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 7% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 33% |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 10.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.1 | 7.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 26% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 19% | 35% |
| 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.9 | 9.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
- Haka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Haka have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have the fewest points (3) away in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have the most conceded goals (16) away in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have the most conceded goals (27) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Veikkausliiga
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Haka is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- VPS is in the best form (4-0-2) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | SJK | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | HJK | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Oulu | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Honka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | VPS | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Ilves | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | KTP | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Lahti | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Haka | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 | Mariehamn | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
