OULU. HJK prevails over Oulu 3-1. HJK was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Miro Tenho (27′), Tuomas Ollila (68′) and Tuomas Ollila (78′). Oulu reduced the distance with a goal (82′) by Ashley Coffey, but there was not much to do for them.
The match was played at the Raatin stadion stadium in Oulu on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Joni Hyytiä with the assistance of Jukka Honkanen and Veli-Matti Leppänen. The 4th official was Peiman Simani. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 18.02 degrees Celsius or 64.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Oulu was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. HJK that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
HJK was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why HJK won the contest.
Oulu shot 9 times, 5 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, HJK shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Oulu received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Morais, Cristian Valencia and Ashley Coffey). Talking about the opposition, HJK didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Oulu will stay with 31 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, HJK will have 43 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, Oulu will play away with Inter Turku on the 3rd of September with a 4-4 head to head statistic.
HJK will host KuPS on the 3rd of September with a 22-10 head to head statistic in favor of HJK (15 draws).
Oulu – Formation
Oulu
43'
86'
82'
Oulu started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ricardo Duarte decided to play with the following team: Calum Ward, Eelis Taskila, Cristian Valencia, Noah Pallas, Rasmus Karjalainen, Alexander Forsström, Maximus Tainio, Jere Kallinen, Niklas Jokelainen, Rony Huhtala and Ashley Coffey.
The home team had on the bench: Juhani Pennanen, Elias Collin, Lucas Morais, Onni Suutari, Lasse Ikonen, Eemil Merikanto and Danila Bulgakov.
Substitutions
Oulu made 5 changes: Rony Huhtala for Lucas Morais (60′), Maximus Tainio for Onni Suutari (60′), Jere Kallinen for Lasse Ikonen (86′), Rasmus Karjalainen for Danila Bulgakov (84′) and Niklas Jokelainen for Elias Collin (85′).
HJK – Formation
HJK
HJK started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Toni Korkeakunnas played with: Niki Mäenpää, Kristopher Da Graca, Përparim Hetemaj, Miro Tenho, Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan, Georgios Kanellopoulos, Matti Peltola, Tuomas Ollila, Anthony Olusanya, Roope Riski and Niko Hämäläinen.
They had on the bench: Jesse Öst, Joona Toivio, Santeri Hostikka, Bojan Radulović, Topi Keskinen, Pyry Soiri and Atomu Tanaka.
Substitutions
HJK made 3 changes: Matti Peltola for Santeri Hostikka (64′), Roope Riski for Bojan Radulović (64′) and Anthony Olusanya for Topi Keskinen (64′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
