MYPA - Honka preview

MyPa (11th) – Honka (4th)

MyPa: 3-0-0-3-0-0 --Honka :3-3-1-1-1-3

H2H: 3-2-6

Last game 7.5.2009 Honka – MYPA 0-0 (at neutral Finnair stadium)

MYPA have been toothless lately getting wins only against the bottom teams, and they also managed to lose to KuPS at home in the Cup game. No wonder the coach Janne Lindberg is getting worried,” everything looks good on the training pitch, but we have not succeeded in bringing the good things to the matches. We have to be more determinent in front of both goals.”

MYPA are finally getting back important defender Sampsa Timoska 5/0 and the only players missing are the youngsters who have been on loan at Kakkonen teams KTP and MP, but who are of no importance.

Honka played Europe League game on Thursday and most of the players looked very tired despite the rotation made by the coach Mika Lehkosuo, and the line-up for the MYPA remains a mystery as Honka want to travel to Azerbaidzan with as many rested feet as possible. The match fitness of striker Aleksandr Kokko 13/0 and mf Rasmus Schüller 9/1 is in doubt, mf Nicholas Otaru 13/2 should return after recovering from minor injury.

Striker Jani Bäckman 8/1 returns from his loan spell Haka, and is welcomed with open arms. Long-term patients Markus Paatelainen 0/0 and John Weckstöm 6/1 are still unavailable.

Lehkosuo might borrow some players from the youth and reserve team Pallohonka, but that information is not yet available.


MYPA: 1 Antti Kuismala 14/0 – 4 Antti Uimaniemi 15/0 – 11 Ilari Äijälä 12/3 – 13 Toni Lindberg 12/2 – 16 Toni Huttunen 15/1 - 6 Tuomo Könönen 14/0 - 8 Ady 11/2 – 2 Miikka Multaharju 14/0 - 7 Ben Webster 14/0 – 9 Saku Puhakainen 15/0 – 19 Maxim Votinov 12/2

Bench: 5 Jarno Tuunainen 1/0, 15 Ville Oksanen 14/0, 12 Mika Johansson (gk) 1/0, 14 Tosaint Ricketts 11/5, 23 Niko Nakari 5/0, 24 Nebi Mustafi 9/1, 18 Tuomas Aho 14/0, 3 Sampsa Timoska 5/0
Unavailable: 20 Felipe Benevedes 2/0 (loaned out to MP)


Coach : Janne Lindberg



Honka: 1 Tuomas Peltonen 11/0 - 2 Sampo Koskinen 12/0 - 13 Ville Koskimaa 8/1 - 5 Henri Aalto 10/0 - 6 Hermanni Vuorinen 16/11 -14 Jussi Vasara 16/1 - 10 Jami Puustinen 15/4 - 26 Jaakko Lepola 11/4 - 17 Demba Savage 14/2 - 19 Rami Hakanpää 15/1 – 21 Joel Perovuo 16/2

Bench: 27 Konsta Rasimus 1/0, 12 Janne Henriksson (gk) 6/0, 15 Aleksandr Kokko 13/0? , 20 Nicolas Otaru 13/2, 11 Hannu Haarala 7/0, 3 Roope Heilala 11/0, 28 Rasmus 9/1?

Out: 8 Markus Paatelainen 0/0, 7 John Weckström 6/1, 22 Tuomo Turunen 11/1 transferred to IFK Göteborg,

Coach: Mika Lehkosuo