On Jul 9th, VPS will play host to Mariehamn in a meeting of these two closely matched Veikkausliiga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. 7th placed VPS is fresh off their 6-0 blowout win against Oulu. Aleksi Pahkasalo scored the first goal for VPS in the 10th minute, then Kalle Multanen added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Tete Yengi At the end of 90 a dissapointed Oulu couldn’t manage to score, and VPS took the shutout win. VPS is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while mariehamn sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Honka. A. Sadiku struck first for Honka in the 2nd minute, but John Owoeri got the equalizer for Mariehamn in the 49th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Mariehamn. Mariehamn looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On the 29th of May, Mariehamn hosted VPS at the Wiklöf Holding Arena in their last match together. VPS took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Kalle Multanen scored the first goal for VPS in the 33rd minute, then Multanen added another in the 38th minute.
Mariehamn’s most prolific scorer has been John Owoeri. The Nigerian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. VPS is fortunate enough to have Kalle Multanen in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.