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HJK vs Honka Prediction & Betting tips
HJK Helsinki and Honka Espoo face at Sonera Stadium, in a match for the 9th 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 6 matches won 4 and lost 2. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium, on 10‑06‑ 2020, for the Friendlies, HJK Helsinki won by (2-1).
HJK Helsinki :
After 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the home team is currently in 2nd position, with 17 points won. In their last match, they beat KuPS Kuopio away by (0‑3), after in the previous match having drawn (1‑1) at home, in a match against FC Lahti. For the championship, HJK Helsinki won 8 points out of a possible 12, after 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 matches they played in their stadium.
For this competition, he has not lost in his stadium for 4 games. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition. There is a tendency to have goals in their home matches, since 14 of the last 16 matches they have played have ended with Over 1.5 goals. This is a team that tends to score many times first: it opened the scoring in 6 of its last 8 games for the Veikkausliiga, of these 6 it reached the half-time advantage in all of them and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 5. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 5 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
The home team arrives motivated by a victory in the last match, over the then leader of the competition, KuPS. Even playing away from home, Helsinki managed to control the game and took advantage of having the best attack in the competition, with 17 goals scored (an average of more than 2 goals per game). The team has 17 points added in 8 rounds, with 5 victories, 2 draws and only one defeat, away from home, against Inter Turku (current leader), by 0-1, on the third round. This is a team that rarely loses because, in addition to having an efficient attack, led by Roope Riski (with 5 goals in the competition), it has a very solid defensive system. With only 5 goals suffered so far, Helsinki simply do not have the best defense in the competition exactly due to their current rival, who only suffered 4 goals. Even so, the home team must play with all its strength in search of victory and it will hardly be possible to not score in this match. Helsinki have scored 8 goals in their four home games and therefore have a good chance of winning.
Honka Espoo :
The visiting team is currently in 4th position, with 14 points won, after 3 victories and 6 draws. In the penultimate match, they won away against TPS Turku by (0‑2). In the last match, they tied at home against Seinäjoen JK, by (0‑0). In their last 4 away matches for the championship, Honka Espoo has registered 1 victory and 3 draws, for which they have won 6 points out of 12 possible.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 4 away matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since in 12 of the last 16 they played there were less than 3 goals.
The visiting team comes to this match undefeated, despite being only in fifth place in the leaderboard. On the last day, playing at home against SJK (ninth classified), Honka did not score and lost a good opportunity to reach the top positions. With 15 points added in 9 days, the team has 3 wins and 6 draws, having scored 9 goals and suffered only 4. Honka has the strongest defense in the competition and, therefore, has not lost yet. Even when faced with opponents struggling at the top of the table, such as the KuPS, on Matchday 3, Honka’s team showed their courage and did not fail to score at least 1 point. On the other hand, it is a team that has not yet managed to present something else in games that could have been defined with 1 goal, as happened on the last day. Thus, in this away game, against a strong team that is motivated to seek leadership in the competition, Honka will hardly be able to remain undefeated. If they want to start at least a draw against Helsinki, the visiting team will have to make the attack work, because the home team must score.
HJK vs Honka head to head matches
10.06.20 CF HJK Honka 2 : 1
27.02.20 CUP Honka HJK 1 : 1
21.09.19 VEI Honka HJK 3 : 1
24.08.19 VEI Honka HJK 0 : 1
19.06.19 VEI HJK Honka 0 : 1