ESBO. VPS was after all too strong for Honka with the goal of Prosper Ahiabu (37′), Peter Godly Michael (45′) and Aldayr Hernández (64′ own).
The match was played at the Tapiolan Urheilupuisto stadium in Esbo on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Peiman Simani who was helped by Veli-Matti Leppänen and Christian De Casseres. The 4th official was Mohammad Al Emara.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Honka was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. VPS that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Honka was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, VPS was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Honka shot 7 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, VPS shot 9 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Honka received 1 yellow card (Roman Eremenko). Regarding the opposition, VPS received 2 yellow cards (Jesper Engström and Harrison Sawyer).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Honka will stay with 38 points like SJK to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, VPS will have 36 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, Honka will play away with HJK on the 27th of September with a 15-10 head to head in favor of HJK (13 draws).
Honka – Formation
Honka
79'
79'
Honka started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Vesa Vasara decided to play with the following team: Maksim Rudakov, Florian Baak, Aldayr Hernández, Dario Naamo, Matias Rale, Florian Krebs, Clésio Baúque, Roman Eremenko, Kevin Jansen, Johannes Wurtz and Lauri Laine.
The home team had on the bench: Henri Aalto, Roope Paunio, Niilo Saarikivi, Michael López, Ville Koski, Nasiru Banahene and Vincent Ulundu.
Substitutions
Honka made 5 changes: Clésio Baúque for Vincent Ulundu (63′), Florian Krebs for Ville Koski (80′), Kevin Jansen for Michael López (63′), Florian Baak for Nasiru Banahene (79′) and Roman Eremenko for Niilo Saarikivi (87′).
VPS – Formation
VPS
37'
VPS started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Jussi Nuorela played with: Teppo Marttinen, Mikko Pitkänen, Juhani Pikkarainen, Miika Niemi, Tyler Reid, Prosper Ahiabu, Evgeny Bashkirov, Antti-Ville Räisänen, Jesper Engström, Peter Godly Michael and Harrison Sawyer.
They had on the bench: Josep Nuorela, Sebastian Strandvall, Sávio Roberto, Baba Mensah, Jonathan Viscosi, Akon Kuek and Samu Alanko.
Substitutions
VPS made 5 changes: Peter Godly Michael for Sávio Roberto (73′), Harrison Sawyer for Samu Alanko (87′), Jesper Engström for Akon Kuek (90′), Antti-Ville Räisänen for Sebastian Strandvall (87′) and Evgeny Bashkirov for Josep Nuorela (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
