Haka - Jaro preview

Factory´s pitch welcomes surprise package FF Jaro

Haka: 3-3-3-3-0-3
Jaro: 0-3-0-3-3-1

”I believe there will be goals”, says Haka coach and ex-national team goalkeeper Olli Huttunen. ”Now that both teams have scored quite a lot there is no reason not to do it also on Sunday. The purpose of course is to be one step ahead of Jaro on everything we do, but I am sure Mika Laurikainen, the coach of Jaro, will disagree with me here”. Haka leading goal-scorer Pietari Holopainen 9/5 is doubtful, but his place as a left defender was brilliantly replaced by Markus Joenmäki.

Jaro has improved a lot since last season and it is nowadays a team that has to be taken seriously both home and away. Mikko Hyyrynen and young Sebastian Mannström are on fire, and Jani Tanska has been a very solid central defender. Jonas Portin 9/0 is doubtful, and is soon heading to start his new career at Ascoli.

I see good chances for Jaro here, they are perhaps the best counter-attacking team in the League when full squad is available, and being an underdog suits them perfectly.

There is more stuff at Nordic Football Info, as there usualy is.

Haka: 1 Janne Korhonen 11/0 – 2 Diego Corpache 11/1 – 18 Jari Nikkilä 10/0 - 4 Markus Joenmäki 2/0 - 22 Jarno Mattila 11/0 - 6 Sebastian Strandvall 11/2 - 7 Mikko Innanen 11/2 – 11 Antti Hynynen 10/2 - 10 Mika Mäkitalo 10/2 - 8 Jani Kauppila 11/0 - 9 Niko Ikävalko 9/2

Bench:12 Saku Pesonen (gk) 0/0, 15 Nicolas Kivistö 5/0, 16 Jani Bäckman 7/1, 20 Sami Ristilä 7/1, 3 Petri Viljanen 8/0

Out: 5 Kalle Parviainen 0/0, 14 Valeri Minkenen 4/0, 21 Pietari Holopainen 9/5?

Coach: Olli Huttunen

Jaro: 1 Markus Koljander 10/0 – 2 Jani Tanska 11/1 - 5 Kristian Kojola 11/2 – 7 Marco Matrone 10/1 - 10 Jonas Emet 11/2 – 16 Papa Niang 11/2 – 17 Petter Meyer 10/1 - 18 Mikko Hyyrynen 9/2 – 19 Sebastian Mannström 11/4 - 22 Jens Portin 11/0 – 23 Joonas Laurikainen 11/2

Bench: 6 Janne Vellamo 10/0, 9 Björn-Erik Sundqvist 2/0, 12 Vitali Teles 1/0, 21 Daniel Fellman 7/0, 30 Jesse Öst 0/0

Out: 3 Heikki Aho 7/0, 4 Jonas Portin 9/0, 8 Jari Sara 0/0, 13 Jani Sarajärvi 0/0, 11 Jani Koivisto 2/1

Coach: Mika Laurikainen

Prediction: Away win (1-3)