In a mid week match in week 21, on Thu Sep 1st, Honka will travel to Valkeakoski to battle Haka in a Veikkausliiga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Haka is fresh off their 3-2 win against Ilves. Petteri Pennanen scored the first goal for Ilves in the 16th minute, then Elias Mastokangas tied it up for Haka in the 23rd minute But luckily in the 86th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Lee Erwin. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Haka should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 3rd placed Honka is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Oulu. Rasmus Karjalainen scored the first goal for Oulu in the 18th minute, then A. Sadiku got the equalizer for Honka in the 52nd minute on a feed from Muati Modesto . With 21 points in their last 10 matches Honka should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Honka won by a score of 3 to 2. Aldayr Hernández Basanta scored the first goal for Honka in the 4th minute, then Krebs added another in the 18th minute.
Both Krebs and Ville Koski have been the hottest scorers for Honka in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Haka’s most prolific scorer has been Elias Mastokangas. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.