JJK (13th) - TPS (2nd)

JJK : 3-0-0-0-0-3 ----------TPS: 3-3-3-1-3-1

H2H:0-1-1

Last game 27.04.2009 TPS – JJK 0-0.

On Monday night´s televised game newcomers JJK Jyväskylä host TPS Turku and there is a lot at stake for both teams at different ends of the table. JJK are trying to hold on to their hopes of staying in the topflight and TPS are reaching for Championship. JJK has been a tough team to beat at home with a strong home support, but there are problems in the team that are clearly seen from the statistics. JJK have score only 11 times so far, and only 3 players have found the target; Nam with 4 goals and Kari and Lahtinen 3 each. So there danger for TPS is easy to be found.

Last week at home JJK surprised the reigning champions Inter Turku by 1-0, and the spirits are high in the JJK camp and they are capable of beating also the other team from Turku on a good day.

TPS drew with the leaders HJK at home 1-1 in a game which was one of the most intense so far this season, and as both teams today have a full squad to choose from this is supposed to be another clash of intensivity and hunger for the three points in offer.

The teams have met twice in the history; in the first round of the League JJK stole a point with a 0-0 draw at Turku, but earlier this year in the League Cup TPS won easily 3-1 without giving their visitors any chances in the game.

JJK: 30 Mihaly Szerovay 12/0 - 3 Janne Hannula 7/0 - 5 Ik Kuyng Nam 14/4 – 7 Anssi Viren 14/0 – 9 Mika Lahtinen 14/3 – 10 Tommi Kari 14/4 – 14 Jukka Sinisalo 13/0 – 19 Christian Sund 12/0 – 13 Tuomas Latikka 13/0 - 6 Jukka-Pekka Tuomanen 9/0 – 11 Georgij Hristov 1/0

Bench: 31 Antti-Jussi Karnio (gk) 3/0, 12 Sami Myllymäki 0/0, 8 Matti Lähitie 10/0, 21 Toni Koskela 13/0, 4 Markus Paija 7/0, 18 Zakaria Abahassine 9/0, 16 Niko Markkula 6/0,

Out: 15 Antto Tapaninen 0/0, 24 Niko Kautto 0/0, 17 Hyun-Kwan Kim 4/0 left the team

Coach : Ville Priha


TPS: 12 Jukka Lehtovaara 14/0 – 2 Iiro Aalto 14/0 – 18 Chris Cleaver 11/0 - 6 Jaakko Nyberg 14/2 - 7 Sami Rähmönen 15/0 – 8 Jarno Heinikangas 15/0 – 9 Mikko Manninen 14/0 – 10 Riku Riski 15/4 – 28 Mikko Paatelainen 15/3 – 20 Babatunde Wusu 14/5 - 21 Wayne Brown 15/3

Bench: 3 Kalle Mäkinen 0/0, 11 Mika Ääritalo 5/2, 17 Roope Riski 0/0, 19 Patrik Lomski 6/0, 22 Jesse Saarinen 0/0, 29 Yll Hoxha 5/0, 23 Juho Lähde 0/0, 24 Jani Aaltonen 0/0, 25 Santeri Mäkinen 0/0, 27 Tuomas Markkula 0/0, 31 Alban Ferati 0/0, 14 Kasper Hämäläinen 14/0, 1 Jani Tuomala (gk) 1/0, 13 Samu-Petteri Mäkelä 8/0, 5 Simo Valakari 7/0

Out:

Coach: Pasi Rautiainen

Prediction: It looks like an away win to me, but JJK have fought like animals at home and I need to take a closer look of this before kick-off at 18.00 CET. Could be that I take only a livebet. Look for a stream!

Edit: I was pondering before the game between tps - 1 and o 2.5, but the sudden goal on the first minute for tps interrupted my thoughts. I ended up taking o3.5 after 4 minutes of play as the game looked lively enough anf JJK have also to try. Unfortunately they are even worse than I thought and I need TPS to score 3 more now in the remaining 50 minutes. Another bet is -0.5 at tps at 0-1, that looks a lot wiser.

Edit2: FT 1-1 after an appalling "football" match. The JJK goal was a joke, which I pretty much deserved. And so did the lazy TPS to concede. There are good days, and days like these. Feeling cheated to be honest.