Return to home ground Tapiolan Urheilupuisto
Honka form:1-1-0-3-3-0
KuPS form: 0-0-0-0-0-0
Honka plays now their first real home game of the season as their renovated home ground is open for football again. The first 3 home games were played at neighbouring HJK home stadium and the success was bad both in the league and from an economical point of view as the home supporters did not show up.
Honka has had a longer summer break than most because they had four players (Turunen 9/1, Otaru 10/2, Vasara 10/0 and Kokko 7/0) in the EURO U 21 – games and did not take part in the league at all. The only match played was a friendly against HJK which they won 1-2. The four players mentioned are probably not playing against KuPS as there are still several good players available and they are not absolutely needed. Honka met KuPS last time in January and the KuPS players will surely remember that 7-0 thrashing.
KuPS are still in the same trouble where they have been all season. They can not score, but let the opposition team to score in every game. No wonder they decided to change coaching staff, and the last round´s game away at VPS was slightly better both result–wise and by the performance though they collected no points and lost 1-0. The new manager Esa Pekonen is now a week wiser and knows what the problem is. Unfortunately for him it is the lack of good player material with skills.
Two young KuPS players are heading permanently to FC Twente, Holland. Petteri Pennanen has already been there on loan all season, but now also 18-year old mf Tuomas Rannankari 11/0 is off and that makes the situation of KuPS even worse, they will probably need to promote some more players from their youth team.
H2H 6-2-1, last game January in the league cup, 7-0 for Honka.
Honka: 1 Tuomas Peltonen 9/0 - 2 Sampo Koskinen 7/0 - 3 Roope Heilala 9/0 - 5 Henri Aalto 5/0 - 6 Hermanni Vuorinen 10/7 - - 10 Jami Puustinen 9/3 - 11 Hannu Haarala 5/0 - 17 Demba Savage 9/1 - 19 Rami Hakanpää 9/1 – 21 Joel Perovuo 10/2 - 28 Rasmus Schüller 4/0
Bench: 13 Ville Koskimaa 2/0, 26 Jaakko Lepola 5/2, 27 Konsta Rasimus 1/0, , 12 Janne Henriksson 2/0
Out: 8 Markus Paatelainen 0/0, 14 Jussi Vasara 10/0, 15 Aleksandr Kokko 7/0, 22 Tuomo Turunen 9/1, 20 Nicolas Otaru 10/2, 7 John Weckström 6/1
Coach: Mika Lehkosuo
KuPS: 1 Ville Iiskola 9/0 – 8 Tero Taipale 11/0 – 9 Balazs Balogh 7/1- 3 Janne Reinikainen 10/0 - 5 Jani Hartikainen 9/0 – 6 Tuomas Kuparinen 9/0 – 13 Betim Aliju 6/0 - 15 Ollo 6/0 – 11 Pele Koljonen 8/1 – 10 Ilja Venäläinen 9/2 - 20 Miikka Ilo 11/0
Bench: 2 Joni Nissinen 0/0, 4 Patrik Turunen 8/0, 12 Joonas Pöntinen (gk) 2/0, 23 Jussi-Pekka Savolainen 10/0
Out: 7 Miikka Turunen 9/0, 17 Jussi Kolari 0/0, 21 Jesse Miettinen 0/0, 19 Tuomas Rannankari 11/0?
Coach: Esa Pekonen
Prediction : 5-1 home win
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