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Honka Espoo and HIFK face at Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, in a match for the 12th round of the Veikkausliiga. The history of head-to-head matches played at this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 1 and drew 2. But the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium, on 26‑01‑2020 , for the Suomen Cup, the two teams tied (1‑1). Lucas Kaufmann (57 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Honka Espoo, and Tiquinho (6′), for HIFK. The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 4th and 7th in the league table, it is actually a clash between the 6th classified in home games and the 3rd away.
Honka Espoo :
The home team is currently in 4th position, with 19 points won, after 4 wins and 7 draws. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against HJK Helsinki, by (1‑1). In the last match, they won away against Seinäjoen JK by (0‑2). This is a team that tends to achieve more positive results away from home than at home, since they have won 10 points away and 9 in their stadium, with 6 goals scored and 2 suffered as away, against 6 goals scored and 3 suffered at home. The team comes to this match after a away loss against AGF Aarhus by (5‑2).
For this competition, he has not lost 11 games. His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition.
The home team in this match remains unbeatable in the current competition, despite being only in fourth place in the standings. With 19 points added in 11 games, the Honka added 4 victories and an incredible 7 draws, having scored 12 goals and suffered only 5. With an average of less than 1 goal suffered in every 2 games, the Honka has the best defense in the country. competition and, because of this, it is the only team that reaches the twelfth day without having been defeated. Even when they faced rivals of the highest level, as on the penultimate round, when they faced Helsinki away from home, Honka put on a good display and did not give up. On the other hand, the high number of draws is the result of an inefficient attack (it is the fourth worst in the competition, with an average of around 1 goal scored per game). However, as he is motivated by a victory on the last day, Honka has everything to win again in this match.
HIFK :
The visiting team is currently in 7th position, with 16 points won, after 5 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Haka by (0‑1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against TPS Turku by (1‑0). This is a team that tends to achieve more positive results away from home than at home, as they won 10 points away and 6 in their stadium, with 10 goals scored and 6 suffered as away, against 4 goals scored and 8 suffered at home. In their last 6 away matches for the championship, HIFK has 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, for which they have won 10 points out of 18 possible. His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 11 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 7 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (46’ ‑ 60 ‘).
The visiting team arrives unmotivated to this match, since it comes from 3 consecutive defeats in this competition. The negative sequence cost Helsingfors IFK fourth place in the table. Currently in seventh place, this team has 16 points added, after 5 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw in 11 games, with a total of 14 goals scored and another 14 suffered. This is a very skilled team, the one with balanced systems and usually fighting at the top of the table. However, recently, the attack and defense is not at its best: with 5 goals suffered and only 2 scored in the last 3 games. Therefore, as they face a very balanced team and have the best defense in the competition, HIFK will undoubtedly have a hard time finding their balance and thus appear to be easy prey for Honka in this match.
Honka vs HIFK head to head matches
26.01.20 CUP Honka HIFK 1 : 1
13.07.19 VEI Honka HIFK 3 : 0
29.04.19 VEI HIFK Honka 2 : 0
09.02.19 CUP HIFK Honka 1 : 2
16.02.18 CUP HIFK Honka 2 : 3