HELSINKI. Inter Turku had a comfortable win over HJK. Inter Turku scored with P. Forsell (16′), D. Haro (71′), B. Kallman (75′) and M. Tamminen (78′). On the other side, C. Terho (27′) scored for HJK. HJK lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Bolt Arena stadium in Helsinki on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen with the collaboration of Jan Peter Aravirta and Veli-Matti Leppänen. The 4th official was Mohammad Al Emara. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

HJK

1 - 4

Inter Turku

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 16 Total 6
  • 7 On Target 4
  • 9 Off Target 2
  • 1 Shots blocked 0
  • 103 Attack 71
  • 88 Dangerous attack 41
  • 83 Ball safe 69
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 11 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 19
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

HJK had a strong ball possession 57% while Inter Turku was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

HJK was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Inter Turku succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

HJK shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Inter Turku shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

HJK received 2 yellow cards (J. Raitala and J. Yli-Kokko). Regarding the opposition, Inter Turku received 3 yellow cards (N. Nurmi, T. Jyry and W. Viitala).

Match Timeline

16'
23'
27'
41'
Johannes Yli-Kokko- Yellow
42'
Santeri Hostikka- sub ->F. Serrarens
46'
Përparim Hetemaj- sub ->J. Yli-Kokko
46'
66'
68'
71'
David Haro(goal)
75'
Joona Toivio- sub ->V. Moren
77'
78'
Matias Tamminen(goal)
83'
Walter Viitala- Yellow
84'
87'
Otto Lehtisalo- sub ->M. Tamminen
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
HJK
49
22
KuPS
47
22
Honka
41
22
Haka
37
22
Inter Turku
32
22
SJK
31
22
Oulu
30
22
Ilves
25
22
Mariehamn
24
22
VPS
22
22
Lahti
18
22
HIFK
9
22

After playing this match, HJK will stay with 9 points like Haka to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Inter Turku will have 6 points like Mariehamn to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, HJK will play away against HIFK on the 28th of April with a 7-3 head to head stats in favor of HJK (6 draws).

Inter Turku will play away agasint Honka on the 7th of May with a 11-10 head to head record in favor of Honka (11 draws).

HJK – Formation

HJK
Conor Hazard 1.Northern Ireland
Valtteri Moren 16.Finland
77'
Miro Tenho 15.Finland
J. Raitala 22.Finland
68' 23'
C. Terho 19.Finland
27'
Atomu Tanaka 37.Japan
Jair 6.Brazil
Murilo 20.Brazil
Johannes Yli-Kokko 58.Finland
46' 42'
Bojan Radulović 18.Serbia
Fabian Serrarens 44.Netherlands
46'
Substitutes
G
Jakob Tannander 12.Sweden
D
Joona Toivio 4.Finland
77'
M
Nassim Boujellab 10.Morocco
M
M. Martić 17.Austria
M
Pyry Soiri 23.Finland
68'
M
Përparim Hetemaj 56.Finland
46'
F
Santeri Hostikka 7.Finland
46'

HJK started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Toni Koskela decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

HJK made 4 changes: F. Serrarens for S. Hostikka (46′), J. Yli-Kokko for P. Hetemaj (46′), J. Raitala for P. Soiri (68′) and Murilo for N. Boujellab (77′).

Inter Turku – Formation

Inter Turku
Walter Viitala 1.Finland
83'
Rodrigo Arciero 25.Argentina
84'
Rick Ketting 4.Netherlands
Ruxi 6.Spain
J. Niska 2.Finland
90'
T. Jyry 16.Finland
66'
Petteri Forsell 10.Finland
16'
Noah Nurmi 5.Finland
41'
David Haro 11.Spain
71'
Benjamin Källman 9.Finland
75'
Matias Tamminen 21.Finland
87' 78'
Substitutes
Otto Lehtisalo 26.Finland
87'
G
Matias Riikonen 12.Finland
D
Luka Kuittinen 22.Finland
D
Ryan Mahuta 24.South Sudan
90'
M
Matias Ojala 8.Finland
M
Elias Mastokangas 14.Finland
84'
M
Markus Arsalo 18.Finland

Inter Turku started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Miguel Grau Piles played with: .

Substitutions

Inter Turku made 3 changes: R. Arciero for E. Mastokangas (84′), M. Tamminen for O. Lehtisalo (87′) and J. Niska for R. Mahuta (90′).

Results of the day

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