Honka take on the visitors KuPS in the round 11 match of Finnish Veikkausliiga. The match will be played on Saturday, June 18th at Tapiolan Urheilupuisto (Espoo).
Honka this season was able to improve noticeably. The Black-and-Yellows won the national cup and finished in the top three in 2019. But the last draw brought them only modest 9th place. Compared to this, the progress in 2021 was very significant. Of the 9 matches played, 5 were won with just a couple of losses. Of course, this is seriously less than the pair of leaders, KuPS and HJK, but at the same time it is clearly more than everyone else. True, in the last 3 rounds it was possible to win only against HIFK, the main outsider, and with a minimum difference of 1-2. Before that, there was an away defeat at Olulu and only a goalless draw at home with Ilves.
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KuPS hopes to regain the title this season. “Canaries” are already familiar with dispute for the trophy with HJK. In 2021, the struggle was as stubborn as possible. After the main part, the opponents were on a par, scoring 49 points each. But in the "Championship Group" the rivals managed to achieve a minimum, 1 point, but truly "golden" handicap. In 2022, again, this couple broke away from all the others already too far. And they approach summer with equal points, 26 each. Moreover, before the pause for the matches of the national teams, they recorded a goalless draw in Kuopio. But there is 1 important caveat: Simo Valakari's wards played 1 match less, 10 against 11. And they have close to ideal statistics: they won 8 times, losing points, in addition to the mentioned 0-0 with HJK, with Mariehamn, the team that forced to fight for survival!
KuPS are more successful in head-to-heads. And in 2021, they have shown 100% result in a dispute with Honka: 3 wins in 3 matches. But they were all minimal, 2-1 or 1-0. Experts consider the chances in this pair equal. But KuPS is seriously motivated by the fight for the championship, so we bet on his victory with 0 handicap.
Prediction for the match: KuPS to win with 0.0 handicap.
