HJK Helsinki and TPS Turku meet at Sonera Stadium, in a game for the 19th day of the Veikkausliiga. HJK Helsinki won out (0-1) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 05-18-2018. The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 23-06- 2014, for Veikkausliiga, HJK Helsinki won by (5-0). T. Heikkilä (8 ‘), M. Forssell (15’), D. Savage (29 ‘and 35’) and R. Lod (50 ‘) scored the goals of HJK Helsinki.
HJK Helsinki:
The home team is currently in the 1 st position of the league, with 42 points won, after 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against FC Lahti, by (2-1). In the last match, they won in a home match against PS Kemi, by (2-0). In the last match they played, for the UEFA Champions League, they beat Víkingur by (1-2). In the last 9 home league matches HJK Helsinki has a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, so they have won 21 points out of 27 possible.
For this competition, it records a sequence of 6 victories in its last home matches. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 9 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 19 matches in the competition, suffered the first goal 5 times, but got the comeback in 3.
The HJK left for this day with a victory in the Víkingur’s territory, by 1-2, in a match for the 1st eliminator of the Champions League: the goals were scored by Dahlstrom and Gregersen (own goal). Of note that in the last game for this competition, HJK beat Kemi 2-0. In this match against his fans, coach Mika Lehkosuo is expected to play in the usual 4-2-3-1, privileging the maintenance of ball possession and paused attacks by the flanks: Yaghoubi is the one responsible for creating and organize the offensive process. The Brazilian Klauss is the best score of the HJK, with 13 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on the injured Akseli Pelvas.
TPS Turku:
After 3 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, the away team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 13 points won. In their last match, they defeated PS Kemi at home (3-2), after in the previous match they lost out in a match against VPS Vaasa, by (2-0). For the league, TPS Turku won 5 points out of 24 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses in the last 8 away matches.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 6 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches). In 18 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The TPS left for this match with a home win against Kemi, 3-2, adding the following triumph in the last three matches played in this competition: the goals were scored by Valakari, Aaritalo and Peraaho. Normally the coach Mika Laurikainen plays in 4-4-2, being Jakonen and Aaritalo the most offensive references of the visiting team: this according to player is the best score of the TPS, with 5 goals and 4 assists. The defensive sector has been one of the weaknesses of this team, as it suffered on average 2.13 goals per game away from home. Without great absences to register, the visiting team must act in maximum strength.
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.67
