Week 7 features a match on Thu May 12th, where Lahti and HJK will play a match in Lahti in a meeting of these two mismatched Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Lahti recorded a 2-1 win against SJK. Pyry Lampinen struck first for Lahti in the 28th minute on a feed from Zeqiri, then Jake Jervis tied it up for SJK in the 53rd minute. Lahti is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while hJK sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Ilves. Axel Vidjeskog struck first for Ilves in the 18th minute on a feed from Ariel Ngueukam, but Jair got the equalizer for HJK in the 76th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 82nd minute on a goal by Jair to cap off a wild match. With 21 points in their last 10 matches HJK should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season HJK won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
HJK is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic and Jair each having 2 goals in their last five. Lahti is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Macoumba Kandji and Zeqiri each only have 1 goal in their last five.