ESBO. Honka demolishes HIFK 4-1 with goals of K. Jansen (28′), V. Koski (68′), K. Jansen (84′) and O. Koskinen (88′). Talking about the opposition, HIFK scored with M. Bakare (89′). Honka was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Tapiolan Urheilupuisto stadium in Esbo on Monday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Ville Nevalainen with the collaboration of Samu Koskinen and Jouni Lemettinen. The 4th official was Dennis Antamo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.1 degrees Celsius or 70 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Honka had a strong ball possession 64% while HIFK was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Honka was putting more pressure with 98 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Honka won the match.
Honka shot 21 times, 11 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, HIFK shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Honka received 1 yellow card (R. Modesto). Regarding the opposition, HIFK received 2 yellow cards (G. Sotelo and M. Tainio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Honka will have 37 points to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, HIFK will stay with 8 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, Honka will host Oulu on the 27th of August with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Honka (1 draw).
Honka – Formation
Honka
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34'
68'
Honka started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Vesa Vasara decided to play with the following team: Maksim Rudakov, Henri Aalto, Ville Koski, Aldayr Hernández, Matias Rale, Rui Modesto, Jerry Voutilainen, Florian Krebs, Kevin Jansen, Edmund Arko-Mensah and Agon Sadiku.
The home team had on the bench: Lucas Kaufmann, Konsta Rasimus, Mathias Ahlblad, Duarte Tammilehto, Dražen Bagarić, Elias Äijälä and Otso Koskinen.
Substitutions
Honka made 5 changes: A. Sadiku for D. Bagaric (71′), E. Arko-Mensah for L. Kaufmann (71′), F. Krebs for D. Tammilehto (79′), J. Voutilainen for O. Koskinen (79′) and R. Modesto for E. Aijala (86′).
HIFK – Formation
HIFK
HIFK started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Mika-Matti Paatelainen played with: Ramilson Almeida, Guillermo Sotelo, Stale Steen Saethre, Daan Klinkenberg, Macario Hing-Glover, Obed Malolo, Sakari Mattila, Jusif Ali, Ifeanyi Ani, Eero Markkanen and Roman Eremenko.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Felix Ferahyan, Sergei Eremenko, Jesse Nikki, Maximus Tainio, Fortuna Namputu, Michael Bakare and David Onyeanula.
Substitutions
HIFK made 3 changes: E. Markkanen for M. Bakare (64′), E. Ani Ifeanyi for M. Tainio (64′) and J. Ali for I. Onyeanula (79′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
