Honka Espoo and Inter Turku meet forces at Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, in a match for Matchday 4 of the Veikkausliiga. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 8 games. The last head ‑ to ‑ head between these two teams was played on 01‑02‑2020, and ended with Inter Turku winning (1‑0). The home advantage may play an important role in this match, since Inter Turku presents considerable differences in their results at home and away.
Honka Espoo:
After 1 win and 3 draws, the home team is currently in 7th position, with 3 points won. In their last match, they defeated the TPS Turku at home by (3‑1), after in the previous match having tied (1‑1) at home, in a match against KuPS Kuopio. This is a team that presents similar results at home and away, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, the Honka Espoo has won 5, tied 3 and lost 2.
For this competition, he does not lose 4 games ago. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 3 of the last 4 matches, so it has not had great defensive strength, but its attack has marked regularly, since it has scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition.
On this day, the local club arrives more motivated, for the first victory in the competition. After three draws in the opening days, the Honka finally found the victories, against the last classified, TPS Turku (3-1). With this, he took a leap in the table and is already close to the top positions, in addition to being undefeated in the competition. The local club has also shown to have well-balanced systems, since it suffers few goals, although it does not score many either: in 4 games it has 5 goals scored and 3 suffered. Honka was having trouble in the offensive sector, but the expectation is that the victory of the last game has ended the bad phase once. On the other hand, his rival is the current leader and that will undoubtedly make the game more difficult.
Inter Turku :
After 3 wins and 1 loss, the visiting team is currently in 1st position, with 9 points won. In their last match, they have won at HJK Helsinki at home by (1‑0), after in the previous match they have won at home, in a match against Ilves, by (5‑1). This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Inter Turku have won 3, tied 2 and lost 5. The team has conceded goals to the opponent in 3 of the last 4 matches, so it has not had much defensive strength, But Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since in 10 of the last 11 that they have played there have been fewer than 3 goals.
Current leader of the competition, the visiting team comes to this match motivated by the last two important victories at home. In the first days of the competition, with victories over strong rivals, Inter Turku has already made it clear that it is a team that comes to fight for the title, but its record away from home is not good. This year, in 4 games he lost 2, won only 1 and tied another. In this competition, they lost the only game they played on the road, despite having won the other three games at home and leading with 9 points. As he once again plays away from home against a club that can reach the same 9 points with a win, it’s fair to say that the draw is a good result for Inter Turku.
