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HJK are the guests at Veritas Stadion on Saturday for the Veikkausliiga meeting with home team FC Inter Turku.
View all FC Inter Turku v HJK tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
FC Inter Turku
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FC Inter Turku will be hoping for a better result following the 3-1 Veikkausliiga defeat last time out to IFK Mariehamn.
The only name on the scoresheet from FC Inter Turku was Florian Krebs (27'). Adam Larsson (46', 87') and Tehe Olawale (50') scored for IFK Mariehamn.
It has been seldom in recent times that FC Inter Turku have shown defensive steel. In fact, FC Inter Turku have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals during that time. Such a pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, of course.
A look at their previous results shows us that FC Inter Turku:
- haven't beaten HJK in their last 5 league games.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
HJK
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In their last game, HJK drew 0-0 in the Veikkausliiga match with Ekenäs IF.
Ossi Virta's HJK have converted a total of 11 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes adds up to 8.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that HJK:
- are undefeated by FC Inter Turku in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
- are without an away win for the past 4 league matches.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 23/04/2022 shows that FC Inter Turku have won 1 of them & HJK 5, with the number of drawn results being 0.
An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 from Sinimustat and 14 belonging to Klubi. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.
The previous league contest between these clubs was Veikkausliiga match day 1 on 16/09/2023 and the score finished HJK 2-0 FC Inter Turku.
That time, HJK managed 51% possession and 2 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. The goalscorers were Hassane Bandé (71') and Bojan Radulović (81').
FC Inter Turku got 2 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Antti Munukka.
🗞️ Team News: FC Inter Turku
The FC Inter Turku manager Vesa Vasara has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all coming into this match with a fully injury-free squad available to choose from.
ℹ️ Team News: HJK
With a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the HJK boss Ossi Virta doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash.
🔮 Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that FC Inter Turku will really need to work well to hit the back of the net against this HJK outfit who will likely win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.
Therefore, we predict a 0-1 victory for HJK at the end of this one.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 15:08 11/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
FC Inter Turku
Formed: 1990
Stadium: Veritas Stadion (9,372)
Captain: Juuso Hämäläinen
Chairman: Nikolas Håkans
Manager: Vesa Vasara
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 9
⭐ Star Player: Jean Botué
Mostly deployed in the Striker position, Jean Botué was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. After having made a senior debut playing for AC Ajaccio in the 2020 - 2021 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 2 league goals in the Veikkausliiga 2024 campaign so far in 5 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | DWWWL |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | DDWDW |
3 |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | WDWDL |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | WDDWW |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | WWDDD |
6 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | WDLLW |
7 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | DLLWW |
8 |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 | WWLLL |
9 |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 | LDDWL |
10 |
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 | LDDLL |
11 |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 | LLDLD |
12 |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 2 | DLDLL |
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Ekenäs IF |
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KuPS |
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AC Oulu |
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VPS Vaasa |
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Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 52 |
Yellow cards | 3.3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 65 |
Time first goal conceded | 15 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Jean Botué | 2 |
Darren Smith | 2 |
Juuso Hämäläinen | 1 |
Iiro Järvinen | 1 |
Florian Krebs | 1 |
Tope Keskinen | 4 |
Anthony Olusanya | 2 |
Hassane Bandé | 1 |
David Ezeh | 1 |
Lucas Lingman | 1 |
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