HJK hosts Lahti in round 4 of Finnish Veikkausliiga. The match will be played on Monday, May 17th at Bolt Arena (Helsinki)
HJK is the main football grandee of the country. In 2020, it has issued the 30th anniversary title of the champion of Finland. And Klubi clearly intends to remain in the leading position now. Toni Koskela's charges managed to start quite well, earning seven points. On the other hand, there were some misfires. Scoring a lot of goals in victorious matches against Honka and Ilves, HJK managed to lose points. On May 2, it played a goalless draw against KuPS on its field. And a week later, the White-and-Blues lost to the same club in the final in a penalty shootout in Helsinki. And the opponents played in the minority due to the red card of Carillo from the 63rd minute, but HJK could not score in 120+ minutes.
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Lahti has been relatively successful recently. In 2014, the Black Drones repeated their best results, taking 3rd place in Veikkausliiga. Beyond that, they won the national cup in 2013 and 2016. But in the last draw, Lahti managed to score only 32 points and finished 6th in the standings. The new championship began quite unexpectedly. The middle peasant started with a victory over Inter Turku, which is one of the grandees of Finnish club football. The meeting ended with a 2-1 score, and both goals were scored by the midfielder, Jasin-Amin Assehnoun (by the way, the local footballer, although he has a second Moroccan passport). But on May 11, Lahti could show little against KuPS at home. The Black Drones lost 2-4, conceding twice already by the 18th minute. Everything could have ended more successfully, as Zeqiri reduced the gap to a minimum in the 80th minute. But he soon picked up a red card, and the remaining ten of the team conceded again.
Although HJK is considered the grandee of local football, Lahti has not been an easy opponent in recent years. Klubi have won only twice in the last six games. The clubs managed to play against each other this calendar year, and it happened in the group round of the cup. Then the match ended in a 1-1 draw in Lahti. HJK seems to a rather mediocre shape right now. But it is obliged to take the maximum in such games. We will bet on the victory of the hosts with a -1.5 handicap.
Prediction for the match: HJK to win with -1.5 handicap
