HELSINKI. Gnistan and HJK draw 1-1. A. Obileye scored the first goal (22′) for Gnistan. P. Mentu made it even (24′). HJK was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)
The match was played at the Mustapekka Areena stadium in Helsinki on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Reitala with the collaboration of Christian De Casseres and Olli Jantunen. The 4th official was Amir Hajizadeh. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 15 Total 18
- 2 On Target 5
- 10 Off Target 9
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 82 Attack 104
- 59 Dangerous attack 75
- 77 Ball safe 88
- 8 Free Kicks 9
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
HJK had a superior ball possession 58% while Gnistan was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
HJK was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough HJK to win the encounter.
Gnistan shot 15 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, HJK shot 18 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Gnistan received 2 yellow cards (Launiala Kosmo and Jussi Leppälahti). On the opposite side, HJK didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Gnistan has 36 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, HJK has 5 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Gnistan – Formation
Gnistan
81'
22'
Gnistan started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Jussi Leppälahti decided to play with the following team: Otso Virtanen , Sergey Eremenko , Ayo Obileye , Ruxi , Otto Hannula , J. Latonen , E. Arko-Mensah , Danny Pérez , A. Atarah and R. Eremenko .
The home team had on the bench: B. Dahlström, O. Lyberopoulos, G. Europaeus , S. Ylätupa , Kosmo Launiala, Noah Rossi and J. Ojala .
Substitutions
Gnistan made 4 changes: J. Latonen for G. Europaeus (60′), R. Eremenko for S. Ylätupa (60′), Danny Pérez for Launiala Kosmo (79′) and Ayo Obileye for J. Ojala (81′).
Player of the match: Ayo Obileye
The most impressive player for Gnistan was Ayo Obileye.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 5.
HJK – Formation
HJK
HJK started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Joonas Rantanen played with: Jesse Öst , Kaius Simojoki , Ville Tikkanen , Till Cissokho , Leonel Montano , Martin Kirilov , Alexander Ring , Pyry Mentu , Lassi Lappalainen and Teemu Pukki , Alfie Cicale .
These were the players on the bench: Mads Borchers , Lucas Lingman , Jere Kallinen, Nikolai Alho, Santeri Haarala , Jasper Samooja, Mihailo Bogicevic and Mouhamed Guèye.
HJK could not rely on the presence of Mihailo Bogicevic (injured).
Substitutions
HJK made 5 changes: Till Cissokho for Mihailo Bogicevic (50′), Martin Kirilov for Mads Borchers (63′), Lassi Lappalainen for Santeri Haarala (63′), Leonel Montano for Nikolai Alho (87′) and Alexander Ring for Lucas Lingman (87′).
Player of the match: Alfie Cicale
The most impressive player for HJK was Alfie Cicale.
His rating is with 35 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 21. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
