Read our prediction for SJK vs HJK below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions. Use our betting tips for the match between SJK vs HJK and you can increase your winnings!
SJK vs HJK Prediction & Betting tips
After the high-pitched and partly dramatic final matches in the qualification for the World Cup 2018 in Russia in recent days, it is time again to take the club football into the field of attention. As one of the first leagues in Europe, Finland’s Veikkausliiga will be back on the grid with the thirtieth matchday and start on Thursday with six matches. For this article, we decided on the match between the Seinäjoen JK and HJK Helsinki, where there is a clear favorite with the record champion from the capital. Accordingly, we also recommend betting on the Helsinki hospitality team, which are offered at acceptable odds up to 1.65.
SJK :
The Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho was founded only in 2007 and managed to reach the first-class Veikkausliiga in 2013. Already two years later, the team of coach Simo Valakari crowned the championship. SJK could not repeat their success in the last season and only took third place in the previous year, but won the thrilling cup final against the upcoming opponent (1: 1, 7: 6).
In the running season, however, it is not optimal. For the current Valakari-Elf with a relatively balanced 12-6-11 balance, a negative goal ratio of 32:40 and forty-two points is only in the sixth place. In the battle for the championship, SJK can no longer intervene with a score of twenty-five points. However, the fight for places three and four, which are entitled to participate in the Europa League qualification and still three points behind, is interesting. The current shape reflects the past season. In the last five games, the team from Seinäjoki, with two victories, a draw and two defeats, collected a total of seven points and lost ground on the direct competition.
HJK:
The HJK Helsinki is the measure of things in Finland and has a total of twenty-seven championship titles. From 2009 to 2014, the championship took six series of championships in series before 2015 and 2016 had to be given to other teams. Despite a one year without title, HJK gave his coach Mika Lehkosuo – since 2014 in the office – the confidence this time and was rewarded for it.
Because in the current season HJK Helsinki presents itself as an absolute top team, which is hard to beat. Of the previous twenty-nine games, the Lehkosuo elite lost only two games and is in the first place with a 20-7-2 score, an outstanding goal difference of 68:12 and sixty-seven points. The advantage of the second placed team is already eighteen points, which means that the championship and the Champions League qualification are still secure in four remaining games. Whoever now thinks HJK will leave is wrong. Of the last ten games, the record-holder could win a total of nine and only allowed one slip-up.
SJK vs HJK head to head matches
23.09.17 CUP SJK HJK 0 : 1
10.08.17 VEI SJK HJK 0 : 6
31.05.17 VEI HJK SJK 6 : 0
23.10.16 VEI HJK SJK 0 : 0
24.09.16 CUP SJK HJK 2 : 1 (1 : 1)