VPS, who have the most scored goals (7) in Veikkausliiga, battle against HJK for recognition and success.
- VPS have the most scored goals (7) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Veikkausliiga
VPS's stadium, Elisa Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. HJK have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for HJK when playing on artifical turf; 15 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 24 matches. They have scored 44 goals in these games and conceded 23.
It's no vacation for neither VPS nor HJK as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
VPS form and stats
When playing at home in the Veikkausliiga, VPS have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.
VPS's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus HJK (placed 2nd).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the VPS at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
HJK form and stats
HJK are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Veikkausliiga. HJK have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
HJK have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Conor Hazard. It's been 342 minutes since they last conceded in Veikkausliiga.
Two travels in a row for HJK, whose manager Koskela could celebrate last time after the win against VPS. Tanaka came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against VPS last time out, making the manager Koskela feel like a tactical genius.
Preceding that game was the away victory against SJK with the score of 1-0.HJK have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported match featuring both these contenders is the VPS - HJK 0-1 played earlier this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for VPS, two draws and seven wins for HJK. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals |   R. Riski 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |
VPS missing players
HJK missing players
| VPS | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 8.3 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.5 | 8 |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most clean sheets (3) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most points (6) away in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the most scored goals (7) in Veikkausliiga
| VPS | Last season | HJK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 7.7 | ||
| 6.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 17.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 6.7 | ||
| 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 14.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | HJK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Haka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | VPS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Honka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Mariehamn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Inter Turku | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | SJK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Oulu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ilves | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | HIFK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
