It's game two of the Ykkonen campaign and everything to play for. Don't miss our exhaustive preview of HIFK-MP!
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 HIFK and MP.
HIFK form and stats
The season before, HIFK's league statistics were 1 win, 6 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 12th position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored {15 goals} and gave away 48. Performing as the home side in the former season HIFK delivered 0-1-10 (win-draw-lost) with {4 goals} and 28 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Ykkonen game of the season here at Bolt Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses from HIFK's 2 home games.
The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus MP last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that game, the home loss against Gnistan with the scoreline 0-2.At Bolt Arena, HIFK has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
MP form and stats
Let's have a look at how MP performed last season in the Ykkonen: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded {33 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 7 with 16/21 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Ykkonen ended in defeat. Last season MP had these away match statistics: Played 2; won 1, drew 0 and lost 1.
MP are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at HIFK (placed 12th).
Prior to that match, the MP manager Pasoja faced defeat when travelling to KaPa and losing 0-2.MP have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
HIFK-MP H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: HIFK two wins, MP three wins, three draws. six of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
HIFK missing players
MP missing players
| HIFK | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| HIFK | Last season | MP | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 70 | 36 | Conceded | C | 26 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 93% | ||
| 59% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 63% | ||
| 37% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 33% | ||
| 30% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 26% | ||
| 63% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 70% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 19% | ||
| 33% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 11% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 8.4 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 24% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | ||
| 16.1 | 15.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KaPa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Gnistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | SalPa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | EIF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | SJK Akatemia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | KPV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | JJK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | JaPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | TPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Jaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | MP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | HIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Oulu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 39 |
| 2 | VPS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Mariehamn | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 34 |
| 4 | Ilves | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| 5 | Lahti | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -29 | 21 |
| 6 | HIFK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -50 | 9 |
| 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 | Gnistan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 40 |
| 2 | MP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 36 |
| 3 | SJK Akatemia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | PK-35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -16 | 31 |
| 5 | PEPO | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -22 | 27 |
| 6 | PIF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -32 | 16 |
