On Wed Sep 22nd, in week 4, HJK and HIFK will play a match in Helsinki in a Veikkausliiga match in the ever popular Helsinki derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. HJK sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Inter Turku. Lucas Lingman scored the first goal for HJK in the 7th minute, but Petteri Forsell got the equalizer for Inter Turku in the 22nd minute. HJK is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while hIFK sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Mariehamn. Niilo Maenpaa struck first for Mariehamn in the 2nd minute, then Mohammed Abubakari added another in the 26th minute In the end, HIFK was frustrated by Mariehamn’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mariehamn ended the match with the shutout victory. HIFK is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
HJK and HIFK last played eachother at the Bolt Arena on Jun 30th. HJK took the match by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost four thousand dissapointed fans. Filip Valenčič struck first for HJK in the 39th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, HIFK couldn’t muster any offence and HJK ran away with the shutout win.
HIFK’s most prolific scorer has been Kei Kamara. The attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Jair and David Browne have been the hottest scorers for HJK in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.