HJK hosts VPS in round 17 of Finnish Veikkausliiga. The match will be played on Saturday, July 27th atTelia 5G-Areena (Helsinki)
It seems that total domination in Finnish football is ending smoothly. The 29-time national champion slows down, begins to use its resources stupidly and gradually gives way to others. There was a period when HJK could not be beaten by any of the locals. But what can we say, the team outranked second place by 16 points in the last season. Now HJK takes the fifth place, but the density is very high, the first place is not too far. Nevertheless, HJK usually led with a wild margin by the 18th round. At the same time, HJK has become frankly spineless, and it can’t overwhelm its opponents in the second half. Therefore, it has eight draws after 16 matches. In the Champions League, the team confidently bet the champions of the Faroe Islands, although some moments of the second game caused uncertainty. Well, let’s proceed to the most important thing. In the second round of the Champions League qualification, HJK met Crvena Zvezda and lost with a 2:0 score in a very energy-consuming game.
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VPS is calmly preparing for relegation. 16 matches and 0 wins - simply perfect results! At the same time, the team was confidently located in the middle of the standings in the last season, and in the 17/18 season, the team even bet Olympia from Ljubljana in the Europa League. But now everything is unexpectedly terrible. The squad has not changed much, but several leaders left. Psychology usually puts pressure on such clubs. 16 matches without victories, although the team is far from hopeless. Six draws in the first seven rounds broke the team. There were matches when the team has been ahead even with two goals for a couple of minutes before the end. In the fourth and fifth rounds, the victory was stupidly missed. This very insecurity led to such trouble. In the last round, VPS somehow came to his senses. Representatives of Vaasa tied at home with Lahti. At the same time, they were again in the lead and played better.
Tired HJK, whose main match is ahead, takes on the visitors the last team of the standings. Herewith, the visitors cannot win in any way and score with great difficulties. The game won’t be easy for the hosts, and we may well see their reserve squad. Therefore, we shouldn’t wait for their hammering victory.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals scored
