HIFK and Honka meet at Bolt Arena, in a match for the 18th round of the Veikkausliiga. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 01‑09‑2020, HIFK won away by (0‑1). The history of recent head-to-head matches is favorable to the visiting team, which registers 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in the last 9 matches. In this game, the home factor may be decisive, since HIFK presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
HIFK :
After 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the home team is currently in 6th position, with 24 points won. In their last match, they lost in an away match against SJK by (3‑2), after having drawn (2‑2) at home in the previous match, against Mariehamn. This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 7 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats as a visitor, with 28 goals scored and 15 suffered; against 6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 21 goals scored and 20 suffered. For the championship, HIFK won 11 points out of a possible 24, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 8 matches they played in their stadium. His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback.
The home team comes to this match unmotivated, as they ended a 4-match streak without losing with an away loss on the last day (2-3) and ended up falling to sixth place in the standings. In total, with 24 points added in 16 games, the team that plays this game at home has 7 wins, 6 losses and 3 draws, with 23 goals scored and 22 suffered. As we can see, it is a team that will undoubtedly fight at the top of the table until the last days, but that will hardly finish in the group of the first four classified, due to the instability it has presented. Despite being the only team to beat Honka in this competition (on matchday 12), in addition to beating Helsinki (current leader), Helsingfors IFK continues to stumble against less strong teams, as has happened on matchday 11. , for example, against TPS Turku (currently ranked second to last). Therefore, despite playing in their stadium in this match with Honka, Helsingfors will certainly have a difficult time winning.
Honka :
After 6 wins, 9 draws and 2 losses, the visiting team is currently in 4th position, with 27 points won. In their last match, they lost to Haka at home by (1‑2), after having drawn away in the previous match, in a match against Inter Turku, by (0‑0). This is a team that presents similar results at home and abroad, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has registered 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Honka won 14 points out of 24 possible, after 3 victories and 5 draws in the last 8 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 8 away matches. In their home matches there are some frequent results: at half-time 0‑0 (5 out of 8 matches) and at the end of the match 0‑0 (3 out of 8 matches). In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since in 7 of the last 8 they played there were less than 3 goals. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (46′ ‑ 60 ‘).
Honka comes to this match unmotivated, after being defeated for the second time in this competition on the last day. What is striking is the fact that both defeats for this team were at their stadium. Thus, Honka remains undefeated as a visitor, with 5 draws and 3 victories in 8 games they played away from home. In total, the Honka added 27 points in 17 games and is in fourth position, with 9 draws, 6 wins and 2 losses. As we can see, this team has a very balanced defensive system, which, with only 11 goals suffered, is the strongest in the league. On the contrary, Honka has the fourth worst attack in the competition, with only 18 goals scored, and for that reason they accumulate draws in this competition.
PREDICTION: Honka to win @ 2,10
