In a weekend match in week 9, on Sunday May 22nd, Lahti will play host to Oulu in a meeting of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Lahti is fresh off their 2-3 loss against HJK. Juho Pirttijoki scored the first goal for Lahti in the 45th minute, but Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic got the equalizer for HJK in the 50th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 88th minute on a goal by Fabian Serrarens to cap off a wild match. Lahti is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while oulu sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against KuPS. Tim Vayrynen scored the first goal for KuPS in the 41st minute, then Talles Brener de Paula added another in the 64th minute on a feed from Iiro Järvinen In the end, Oulu was frustrated by KuPS’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. KuPS ended the match with the shutout victory. Oulu is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 3 draws apiece.
Oulu’s most prolific scorer has been Rafael Floro. The Portugeese defender has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Lahti’s most prolific scorer has been Teemu Penninkangas. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.