VALKEAKOSKI. Haka defeated EIF to win 2-1. It was Haka to strike first with an early goal of Maissa Fall at the 4′. Then Evangelos Patoulidis scored again for Haka in the 46′ minute. Eventually, S. Ojala reduced the distance for EIF (79′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Tehtaan kenttä stadium in Valkeakoski on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen who had the assistance of Antti Kemppinen and Juhani Karstila. The 4th official was Kalle Mäkinen. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.27 degrees Celsius or 46.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Haka was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. EIF that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
EIF was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Haka found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Haka shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, EIF shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Haka received 3 yellow cards (Anton Lepola, Maissa Fall and Nicolas Gianini Dantas). Regarding the opposition, EIF received 1 yellow card (E. Kofi Adu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Haka has 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, EIF stays with 0 points (12th).
Next matches
Haka – Formation
Haka
90'
90'
4'
Haka adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Andy Smith decided to play with the following team: Anton Lepola, Haymenn Bah-Traoré, Niklas Friberg , Nicolas Gianini Dantas, N. Talo, Maissa Fall, Guilherme Morais, J. Kilo, Evangelos Patoulidis, Marko Bačanin and Elias Mastokangas.
The home team had on the bench: Hassan Ndam, Tuure Siira, Oiva Laaksonen, Arlind Sejdiu, Eemeli Mäkelä, Oliver Heino and Oliver Whyte.
Substitutions
Haka made 4 changes: Haymenn Bah-Traoré for Hassan Ndam (90′), J. Kilo for Tuure Siira (59′), Marko Bačanin for Oliver Whyte (59′) and Evangelos Patoulidis for Arlind Sejdiu (74′).
EIF – Formation
EIF
Also EIF adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Gabriel Garcia Xatart played with: Ramilson Almeida, S. Lindholm, A. Kabashi, A. Leksell, V. Vehkonen, K. Katz, Lucas Kaufmann, E. Kofi Adu, S. Efimov, N. Lundström and N. Mohammed.
These were the players on the bench: J. Lehtonen, R. Pietsalo, S. Ojala, A. Björklund, A. Sivonen, F. Mohamed and O. Rintamäki.
Substitutions
EIF made 4 changes: V. Vehkonen for F. Mohamed (57′), S. Efimov for R. Pietsalo (57′), N. Lundström for S. Ojala (64′) and A. Leksell for A. Sivonen (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
