On Saturday May 7th, in week 6, Lahti and SJK will play a match in Seinajoki in a clash of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, SJK recorded a 1-3 loss against Ilves. Josepablo Monreal struck first for SJK in the 9th minute, but Tuomas Ollila got the equalizer for Ilves in the 35th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 52nd minute on a goal by Kai Meriluoto. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Lahti is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Honka. Jerry Voutilainen scored the first goal for Honka in the 69th minute, then Edmund Arko-Mensah added another in the 73rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lahti couldn’t manage to score, and Honka took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Macoumba Kandji and Zeqiri are the top scorers for Lahti in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. SJK’s most prolific scorer has been Josepablo Monreal. The attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches.