In a weekend match in week 20, on Sunday Aug 28th, VPS will host HIFK 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 15 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, VPS recorded a 2-3 loss against Lahti. Geoffrey Chinedu Charles scored the first goal for Lahti in the 7th minute, then Multanen got the equalizer for VPS in the 43rd minute on a feed from Lindeman , but fortunately for Lahti it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. VPS is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed HIFK is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Honka. Kevin Jansen struck first for Honka in the 28th minute, then Ville Koski added another in the 68th minute. HIFK looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On the 18th of June, HIFK hosted VPS in their last match together. VPS won by a score of 5 to 1. Aleksi Pahkasalo struck first for VPS in the 13th minute, then Kalle Multanen added another in the 19th minute.
HIFK hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Eero Markkanen and Michael Bakare, and they each have 1 goal. Multanen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for VPS.