In this 1st week match, on Sun Sep 18th, HJK plays host to SJK in a meeting of these two Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, HJK recorded a 2-1 win against Honka. Santeri Vaananen scored the first goal for HJK in the 3rd minute, but Jerry Voutilainen got the equalizer for Honka in the 84th minute. HJK is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while in SJK’s last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Mariehamn. John Owoeri struck first for Mariehamn in the 14th minute from the penalty spot, then Thadee Ngamba added another in the 22nd minute In the end, SJK couldn’t muster any offence and Mariehamn ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches SJK should be reasonably happy with their performance.
HJK and SJK last played eachother at the Bolt Arena on Sunday Aug 28th. HJK was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Anthony Olusanya struck first for HJK in the 19th minute on a feed from Jukka Raitala, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, SJK couldn’t muster any offence and HJK ran away with the shutout win.
SJK’s most prolific scorer has been Diego Rojas. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Anthony Olusanya has been the most effective weapon for HJK lately. The attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches.