In a weekend match in week 11, on Sat Jun 18th, VPS will travel to Helsinki to battle HIFK in a meeting of these two Veikkausliiga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 12th placed HIFK is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Honka. Aatu Kujanpää scored the first goal for HIFK in the 51st minute, but Aldayr Hernández Basanta got the equalizer for Honka in the 66th minute But luckily in the 85th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by A. Sadiku. HIFK looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 8th placed VPS is fresh off their 3-1 win against Mariehamn. Multanen scored the first goal for VPS in the 33rd minute, then Multanen added another in the 38th minute. VPS is looking for direction having earned 11 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.
For VPS, their top scorers are Tete Yengi and Multanen, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Eero Markkanen has been the most prolific scorer on HIFK in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.