HJK and KuPS draw 1-1 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

HELSINKI. KuPS and HJK draw 1-1. G. Bispo scored the first goal (6') for KuPS. B. Radulovic settled the score (61') with a penalty.

Luke Meyer

July 3, 2022

HELSINKI. KuPS and HJK draw 1-1. G. Bispo scored the first goal (6′) for KuPS. B. Radulovic settled the score (61′) with a penalty.

The match was played at the Bolt Arena stadium in Helsinki on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Reitala who had the assistance of Juuso Mantere and Mikko Alakare. The 4th official was Peiman Simani. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 80.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.

Match Statistics

HJK

1 - 1

KuPS

0 Ball Possession 0

Shots

15 Total 9
8 On Target 6
7 Off Target 3
4 Shots blocked 1

99 Attack 92
80 Dangerous attack 45
75 Ball safe 86

1 Penalties 0
11 Corners 4
3 Off Sides 6

Fouls

12 Total 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

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

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. HJK was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. KuPS that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

HJK was putting more pressure with 80 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. However, that was not enough HJK to win the match.

HJK shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, KuPS shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

HJK received 1 yellow card (J. Yli-Kokko). On the opposite side, KuPS received 1 yellow card (T. Hamalainen).

Match Timeline

46'

59'

61'

T. Hämäläinen- Yellow

61'

64'

65'

Johannes Yli-Kokko- sub ->M. Peltola

76'

83'

Saku Savolainen- sub ->Gabriel Bispo

83'

Johannes Yli-Kokko- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

HJK

SJK

VPS

After playing this contest, HJK will have 27 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, KuPS will have 30 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, HJK will play away with Ilves on the 23rd of July with a 13-3 head to head in favor of HJK (5 draws).

KuPS will play away agasint Haka on the 31st of July with a 12-7 head to head in favor of Haka (2 draws).

HJK – Formation

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

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

Substitutions

HJK made 5 changes: A. Tanaka for S. Vaananen (46′), S. Hostikka for B. Radulovic (59′), F. Serrarens for P. Soiri (59′), D. Browne for C. Terho (64′) and M. Peltola for J. Yli-Kokko (76′).