HIFK takes on the visitors KuPS in the round 9 match of Finnish Veikkausliiga. The match will be played on Monday, May 23rd at Bolt Arena (Helsinki).
HIFK completely failed the start of the new draw
"Star Chest", on the one hand, is a 6-time national champion. On the other hand, the last time the “gold” was taken was already in 1961. And some one and a half decades ago, in 2007, a representative of Helsinki played in the 4th division in Finland. Gradually, with difficulty, it turned out to return to the elite division. And it seemed that HIFK had established itself there, even twice it managed to take higher and higher places in the Veikkausliiga standings - in 2021 it was 6th there ... And now it is located at the very bottom, never winning until the very end spring. 3 points in 7 rounds is a terrible indicator, however, in the last matches it turned out not to lose to either Oulu or Inter (Turk).
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KuPS were able to regain the league title in 2019 for the first time since 1976. There was a struggle in the last draw, but in the end, HJK earned 1 point more, which thus took the "gold", leaving the competitor a victory in the cup in the form of compensation. Now the same 2 teams from the very start started a new cycle of struggle for leadership - Honka and all the others are seriously lagging behind. So far, the club from Kuopio is doing better: only Mariehamn was able to draw 1-1 at home. All the other 6 meetings ended in victories, albeit often rather difficult ones. KuPS haму the same amount, but HJK played 1 match more. Ahead, on the 29th of May, there will be head-to-head duel, and, perhaps, now, playing with HIFK, the hosts will save energy for this.
KuPS have not lost to HIFK since 2016. But in the last draw, the “canaries”, having defeated an opponent on the road, then limited themselves to two goalless draws at home. KuPS is having a very strong season, and its opponent is weak. We recommend betting on guests with a handicap of "-1 goal"
Prediction for the match: KuPS to win with -1.0 handicap.
