Honka - JJK preview

Honka (3rd)– JJK (12th)

Honka :1-1-3-3-1-3
JJK : 0-3-1-3-0-1

H2H:2-0-0

Last game:23.05.09 JJK – Honka 2-3

EDIT : FT 5-2. Highlights here

Very important match for both teams at different ends of the table. Honka is looking for their first championship ever as JJK is fighting for survival against relegation. Honka won last week easily against Tampere United at home while JJK got a very lucky 1-1 draw visiting HJK in a game where all god of football were on the visitor´s side.

There are happy and confident faces in the Honka camp, ” we have finally some time to make purposeful team training with full strength,” says Honka coach Mika Lehkosuo, ” for a long time we have had two games a week and the trainings have been more or less just recovery and strategy. This week we have worked hard and the aim is the Sunday is the da of the week when we are at our best and we will make it very difficult for JJK. The only thing we need to worry are their counter attacks, but I think we know very well what to expect from JJK.”

The side from Jyväskylä lost to HJK 25-1 in shots, but went back home with a point for the draw. The new signings have been useful, but do they really possess enough quality to keep to team in the league remains to be seen. What is for sure is that there will be a lot of work to do at Honka if they want to repeat the miracle they did against HJK.

Honka have no injury worries and only defender Sampo Koskinen 14/0 is missing due suspension, but the good news is that mf John Weckström 6/1 returns to the squad after a long absence due injury.

JJK have the best possible players available. The match will kick-off earlier than usual at 14.00 CET because of the UEFA Euro Women starting in Finland this weekend.

Honka: 1 Tuomas Peltonen 14/0 – 20 Nicolas Otaru 16/2 - 13 Ville Koskimaa 10/1 - 5 Henri Aalto 13/0 - 6 Hermanni Vuorinen 19/11 -28 Rasmus Schuller 12/2 - 10 Jami Puustinen 18/4 - 26 Jaakko Lepola 13/4 - 17 Demba Savage 17/4 - 19 Rami Hakanpää 18/2 – 21 Joel Perovuo 19/3

Bench: 27 Konsta Rasimus 1/0, 12 Janne Henriksson (gk) 6/0, 15 Aleksandr Kokko 13/0, 11 Hannu Haarala 10/0, 3 Roope Heilala 14/0, 14 Jussi Vasara 19/3, 7 John Weckström 6/1

Out: 8 Markus Paatelainen 0/0 injured, 2 Sampo Koskinen 14/0 suspended

Coach: Mika Lehkosuo


JJK: 30 Mihaly Szerovay 16/0 – 25 Dejan Brankovic 1/0 - 5 Ik Kuyng Nam 17/7 – 7 Anssi Viren 17/1 – 9 Mika Lahtinen 18/3 – 10 Tommi Kari 17/4 – 14 Jukka Sinisalo 17/0 – 19 Christian Sund 16/1 – 13 Tuomas Latikka 17/0 - 6 Jukka-Pekka Tuomanen 9/0 – 11 Georgij Hristov 5/1

Bench: 31 Antti-Jussi Karnio (gk) 3/0, 12 Sami Myllymäki 0/0, 8 Matti Lähitie 13/0, 21 Toni Koskela 17/0, 18 Zakaria Abahassine 13/0, 16 Niko Markkula 7/0, 3 Janne Hannula 11/0

Out: 15 Antto Tapaninen 0/0, 24 Niko Kautto 0/0, 17 Hyun-Kwan Kim 4/0 left the team, 4 Markus Paija 7/0 left the team for KaaPo

Coach: Ville Priha


Prediction: I did my best trying to see some JJK success, bus as this game is my rank 1 vs rank 14 at home with best possible line-ups anf home team in top form I feel even more happy about the fact I already took Honka - 1 @ 2.00.

The class difference is huge, JJK is not even number 14th in my ranking for the whole country, there are 2-3 teams at Ykkönen who are better teams than current JJK.