Honka to Hold the In-Form HJK to a Draw in the Veikkausliiga
FC Honka Espoo vs HJK Helsinki - 01/07/2023
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The Veikkausliiga sees second take on fifth with FC Honka welcoming HJK to the Tapiolan urheilupuisto as the away side aims to jump into first place in Finland's top flight after a fantastic run of form so far.
As of now, HJK are sitting second in the table with seven wins and just the one defeat so far - no side has lost fewer games than them with KuPS in first losing four matches. The club have also scored the most goals so far with 23 bagged from just 14 outings.
Last time out, HJK saw a draw with Haka after an early goal from Santeri Hostikka was cancelled out with a finish in the second half from Ryan Mahuta.
Worse yet alongside the dropped points, Joona Toivio was sent off in the first half of the game and now misses this match.
Prior to this, HJK defeated KTP 1-0 after a penalty from Bojan Radulovic that saw the club have seven shots on target and 65% of the ball. A 2-1 victory over Lahti would also come in before that, as Radulovic scored once more before bagging another penalty.
In the past month, HJK have also drawn with SJK and Mariehamnm in the league, although they did lose to Honka in the Suomen Cup fifth round as well.
Kair Meriluoto scored the opening goal for them that day before Lucas Kaufmann scored an equaliser before Honka won on penalties.
HJK will also be having one eye on the Champions League qualifiers coming up in two weeks against Larne, while they are also seeing SJK just behind them on goals difference in the league table.
As for Honka, they have been on an excellent winning run recently and only dropped points in a draw with Ilves at the start of June. Before this, the club managed to defeat Mariehamn after goals from Ville Koski and Clesio Bauque.
They also thrashed Honka Akatemia 5-1 in the sixth round of the Suomen Cup in this time as Kaufmann scored again, alongside wins for Florian Baak, Aldayr Hernandez, Arez Goshnaw and Dario Naamo.
Back in the league, the club have won just five of the 14 games and scored only 12 goals, although they have also let in 12 goals as well. Nevertheless, it’s still been a pretty good season for the club.
Forebet predicts a draw here and for the game to see under 2.5 goals.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
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Live
coef.
Fi1
194735
X
1 - 1
2.31
17°
3.00
3.40
3.00
2.05
no
no
no
1 - 1(0 - 0)
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