Week 6 brings us a match on May 8th where HJK hosts Ilves 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 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 2nd placed HJK, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Inter Turku. Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic scored the first goal for HJK in the 42nd minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Inter Turku couldn’t manage to score, and HJK took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches HJK should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 6th placed Ilves, recorded a 3-1 win against SJK. Josepablo Monreal struck first for SJK in the 9th minute on a feed from Daniel Hakans, but Tuomas Ollila got the equalizer for Ilves in the 35th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 52nd minute on a goal by Kai Meriluoto. Ilves is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season HJK won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
Kai Meriluoto has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Ilves. Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic has been the most effective weapon for HJK lately. The Serbian attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches.