HELSINKI. HJK and Oulu draw 1-1. B. Radulović scored the first goal (51′) for HJK. A. Coffey settled the score (78′) with a penalty.

The match was played at the Bolt Arena stadium in Helsinki on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Petri Viljanen with the support of Riku Vihreävuori and Mikko Alakare. The 4th official was Kontinen Joona. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. HJK was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Oulu that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

HJK was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough HJK to win the match​.

HJK shot 5 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Oulu shot 10 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

HJK received 3 yellow cards (Tuomas Ollila, Atomu Tanaka and Christopher John). On the other side, Oulu received 5 yellow cards (J. Kallinen, Riku Selander, Cristian Valencia, Yanga Baliso and R. Huhtala).

(HJK) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (80′).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, HJK will host KuPS on the 3rd of September with a 22-9 head to head record in favor of HJK (15 draws).

Oulu will play away agasint Inter Turku on the 3rd of September with a 4-4 head to head statistic.

HJK – Formation

HJK adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Toni Koskela decided to play with the following team: Jesse Öst, Pyry Soiri, Joona Toivio, Jukka Raitala, Tuomas Ollila, Aleksi Paananen, Atomu Tanaka, Matti Peltola, Maksim Stjopin, Bojan Radulović and Topi Keskinen.

The home team had on the bench: Miska Ylitolva, David Ezeh, Georgios Kanellopoulos, Kai Meriluoto, Dejan Iliev, Santeri Hostikka and Oliver Pettersson.

Substitutions

HJK made 4 changes: Aleksi Paananen for Giorgos Kanellopoulos (61′), Maksim Stjopin for Santeri Hostikka (67′), Atomu Tanaka for Kai Meriluoto (67′) and B. Radulović for O. Pettersson (82′).

Oulu – Formation

Also Oulu adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ricardo Duarte played with: Calum Ward, Riku Selander, Yann Emmanuel Affi, Cristian Valencia, Noah Pallas, Yanga Baliso, Jere Kallinen, Otso Liimatta, Ashley Coffey, Lucas Morais and Onni Suutari.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yassin Daoussi, Rony Huhtala, Maximus Tainio, Niklas Jokelainen, Tony Miettinen, Elias Collin and Juhani Pennanen.

Substitutions

Oulu made 5 changes: Lucas Morais for Rony Huhtala (73′), Riku Selander for Yassin Daoussi (74′), J. Kallinen for Niklas Jokelainen (73′), O. Liimatta for Maximus Tainio (81′) and Cristian Valencia for Tony Miettinen (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.​

• HJK – Oulu – 1-1
• KuPS – Ilves – 1-0