And some matches have a lot of motivation, some teams could not care less and the estimations are more difficult than usual, I will update them later but here some basic info regarding the round;
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MIFK (4.) – JJK (13.)
MIFK:3-1-0-3-0-3
JJK : 0-0-0-0-0-0
H2H:2-0-0
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 27.5.2009 JJK – MIFK 0-2
IFK won Jaro 2-1 last week while JJK managed to lose at home 1-2 against VPS even when VPS gk had received a red card early on the game and JJK had taken the lead. For IFK Mariehamn there is still a lot at stake as by reaching the fourth spot in the League they have a chance for European games next season, and JJK in their part received good news this week when RoPS were dropped three points are they are now two points behind JJK in the table when there are two rounds to go. At the moment JJK occupy the play-off place for relegation at 13th spot, and the team on the 14th place will get relegated automatically.
IFK have not yet lost at home this season, and as JJK have lost all of their last six matches it is easy to see the favourite. ” This is very important for us, and naturally for JJK too. We have played well the whole season, and we are going to get the 4th place which gives us the chance to qualify for Europa League.”, says IFK defender Paulus Arajuuri who returns to the squad after suspension and continues, ” I personally missed the first JJK – encounter due injury and look forward the last home match of the season.”
IFK Mariehamn offers this match free of charge for everyone and the stadium and the neighbourhoods are likely to be full and lively in this charming little town.
IFK have full squad available but mf Mika Niskala is doubtful, the only absentee for the JJK team who started the trip already on Friday, is striker Nam 22/7.
MIFK : 29 Gustav Långbacka 24/0 - 24 Mate Dujilo 20/1 - 6 Marcus Olofsson 23/3 – 22 Alexandros Pappas 23/0 – 3 Patrik Rikama 21/0 – 8 Kenneth Gustavsson 21/2 - 9 Ante Simunac 20/4 – 10 Tamás Gruborovics 23/8 – 15 Amos Ekhalie 12/1 – 30 Sasha Anttilainen 13/1
Bench: 1 Willis Ochieng (gk) 1/0, 2 Dmytro Voloshyn 9/0, 18 Dmytro Pronevych 5/0, 11 Mika Niskala 21/1, 14 Arsim Gashi 20/1, 26 Wilhelm Ingves 22/3, 4 Johan Carlsson 19/1, 21 Jimmy Sundman 1/0, 23 Paulus Arajuuri 19/1
Unavailable:
Coach : Pekka Lyyski
JJK: 30 Mihaly Szerovay 22/0 – 25 Dejan Brankovic 3/0 - 18 Zakaria Abahassine 17/0– 7 Anssi Viren 22/1 – 9 Mika Lahtinen 24/5 – 10 Tommi Kari 21/5 – 14 Jukka Sinisalo 23/0 – 19 Christian Sund 21/1 – 13 Tuomas Latikka 23/0 - 23 Patrick Poutiainen 11/1 – 11 Georgij Hristov 9/1
Bench: 31 Antti-Jussi Karnio (gk) 3/0, 8 Matti Lähitie 17/0, 3 Janne Hannula 17/0, 22 Shkumbiu Arsllani 6/0, 6 Jukka-Pekka Tuomanen 14/0, 15 Antto Tapaninen 2/0
Out: 21 Toni Koskela 17/0 for the rest of the season, 5 Ik Kuyng Nam 22/7 suspended
Coach: Ville Priha
KuPS (12.) – VPS (8.)
KuPS:3-0-3-3-0-0
VPS: 0-3-0-0-1-3
H2H:4-3-6
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 17.06.2009 VPS – KuPS 1-0
KuPS got excellent news this week as the 3 points they had already lost in the cabinets were returned, thus KuPS find themselves out of danger of relegation and can relax for the last two games. Last week KuPS lost against Honka 0-4 and VPS took an away victory 1-2 at JJK though playing most of the match with only ten players as gk Henrik Moisander got a red card early on. KuPS have no motivation, they were eliminated from the cup this week against Inter and the 12th place will be theirs in the league no matter what the last two matches. VPS have neither very little motivation, but the players have been promised bonuses according to the final standings and everything goes well for them they have a chance to rise a bit from the current 8th place.
From KuPS side Top striker Dickson is doubful, Aliju is with his native Macedonian U21 – team and the U19 – players Karppinen, Nissinen, Miettinen and Hoivala will be with the junior teams as there is no reward in winning this match. ”It hurts that we got out of the cup against Inter as we were not saving for anything but gave our 100 %, ” says KuPS defender Miikka Ilo, ” but of course, they were a bit better, especially in the start of the match.” He continues that ” I have no picture of VPS really, but i think that they are in the same situation and maybe we can expect an open match here on Sunday.”
VPS have played well their last two matches, ” perhaps it is because the pressure is off, ” says coach Petri Vuorinen, ” and we have attacked well. I do not mind if we concede a few goals as well, but I would like to have a guaranteed top striker, it would also boost the other´s confidence if there was someone who succeeds more often in scoring.”
VPS only absentee is suspended sesond choice goal-keeper Henrik Moisander.
KuPS: 1 Ville Iiskola 20/0 – 8 Tero Taipale 24/0 – 20 Miikka Ilo 23/3 - 9 Balazs Balogh 18/1 - 23 Jussi-Pekka Savolainen 18/0 – 6 Tuomas Kuparinen 18/1 – 28 Raphael Udah 8/0 – 10 Ilja Venäläinen 22/6 - 4 Patrik Turunen 15/0 - 7 Miikka Turunen 22/2 - 26 Dickson Nwakaeme 9/3
Bench: , 27 Segun Ikudehinbu 8/0, 12 Joonas Pöntinen (gk) 5/0, 3 Janne Reinikainen 18/0, 18 Ville Strandman 5/0,11 Pele Koljonen 19/5,
Out: 5 Jani Hartikainen 10/0 for the rest of the season, 15 Ollo 19/2 suspended, 2 Joni Nissinen 1/0, 24 Atte Hoivala 12/0, 22 Jyrki Juvonen 1/0, 19 Juho Karppinen 4/2, 13 Betim Aliju 9/0 (Macedonian U21 international duty)
Coach: Esa Pekonen
VPS: 1 Henri Sillanpää 19/0 - 8 Jani Lyyski 24/3 – 4 Jussi Äijälä 19/0 – 19 Jan Berg 23/0 – 3 Lawrence Smith 20/3 – 7 Tero Koskela 22/1 – 14 Jens Nygård 24/3 - 22 Tony Björk 24/3 - 10 Antonio Inutile 23/4 – 23 Jyri Hietaharju 23/3 - 20 Rikard Lindroos 16/2
Bench: 9 Jussi Aalto 16/1, 25 Pekka Kainu 19/1, 21 Arttu Seppälä 2/1, 16 Jyrki Saranpää 14/1, 11 Toni Hahto 14/0
Unavailable: 2 Jan Ahlvik 0/0 & 24 Benjamin Slotte 0/0, 12 Henrik Moisander (gk) 8/0 suspended
Coach: Petri Vuorinen
Honka (3.) - RoPS (14.)
Honka :3-3-0-3-3-3
RoPS: 1-0-0-0-1-0
H2H:3-2-1
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 28.06.2009 RoPS – Honka 1-2
Honka have been scoring freely lately and especially Jami Puustinen has been on fire and scored amazing three hat-tricks during last week! Honka won KuPS away 0-4 and City Stars in the Cup 0-3 last week. RoPS in turn hosted TPS but were no given no chances and they lost at home 0-4, and they also suffered a big loss in the cabinet when the three points they were earlier this season given in a contradictory match against KuPS were taken back, and RoPS dropped to the last place in the league when there are only two matches to play. They are trailing JJK by two points for the relegation play-off spot.
No one is expecting anything from the away team at the moment, and seems that the biggest enemy in this match is Honka themselves if the attitude is not right. ”It is not a bad team!”, reminds Honka coach Mika Lehkosuo, ” I did watch them against HJK and as long they are leading or at 0-0 their team work and defence is solid, they only drop their guard when they are behind. They have a huge amount of individual skill, and we can let them charge us 1 vs 1. ”
Honka have no injuries or suspensions, only doubftul player is defender Hannu Haarala. Top striker Hermanni Vuorinen was invited to join the national team against Wales and Germany.
RoPS have so far gathered one point from their travels this season – against JJK – and coach Mika Lumijärvi admits that ”we are the underdogs here. Honka is a top team and fighting for the title, and we have a lot of improvements to do. We will take the train on Saturday and stay the night in Helsinki, then take the night train back home after the game. We are fighting until the end!”
RoPs gk Kwon 20/0 is still suspended, striker Ani 4/2 and mf Syväjärvi 16/0 are sidelined due injury and some others have minor knocks.
Honka: 1 Tuomas Peltonen 19/0 – 2 Sampo Koskinen 17/0 - 19 Rami Hakanpää 22/2- 3 Roope Heilala 17/1 - 11 Hannu Haarala 15/0 - 28 Rasmus Schuller 17/2 - 20 Nicolas Otaru 21/3 - 21 Joel Perovuo 23/3 - 17 Demba Savage 22/4 - 6 Hermanni Vuorinen 24/15 - 10 Jami Puustinen 23/11
Bench: 12 Janne Henriksson (gk) 6/0, 15 Aleksandr Kokko 17/1, 14 Jussi Vasara 24/7, 7 John Weckström 11/1, 5 Henri Aalto 13/0, 13 Ville Koskimaa 13/1, 26 Jaakko Lepola 16/4
Out:
Coach: Mika Lehkosuo
RoPS: 12 Kari-Pekka Syväjärvi (gk) 6/0 – 4 Stephen Kunda 23/0 – 15 Mika- Matti Maisonvaara 20/1 - 3 Marko Koivuranta 8/0 - 11 Chileshe Chibwe 22/2 - 18 Christopher Musonda 23/4- 30 Echiabhi Okodugha 24/5 - 6 Joonas Ikäläinen 23/2 - 19 Janne Turpeenniemi 18/0 - 8 Nchimunya Mweetwa 15/1 - 5 White Simwanza 20/0
Bench: 2 Godfrey Chibanga 20/0, 9 Zeddy Saileti 15/1, 13 Jukka Yrjänheikki 7/0, 20 Juha-Pekka Inkeröinen 10/0, 7 Jarno Tenkula 5/0, 10 Chanda Mwaba 22/1,
Out: 22 Juuso Majava 0/0, 1 Jung-Huyk Kwom (gk) 20/0 suspended, 23 Jeremieh Ani 4/2, 17 Ville Syväjärvi 16/0
Coaches: Zeddy Saileti & Mika Lumijärvi
Inter Turku (6.) - HJK (1.) 16.00 CET on TV
Inter: 0-1-3-3-1-1
HJK: 1-3-3-3-3-3
H2H:1-4-13
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 28.06.2009 HJK – Inter 2-0
Inter drew 2-2 at home with TamU and got a 0-2 away win at KuPS in the cup, in the league they do not have anything to play for but the season is not yet over as they qualified to the final four in the cup. HJK have a chance of securing the title for the first time in 6 years time if they win and if TPS lose points at MYPA, and they are very much under pressure. Last week they won MYPA at home 1-0 in another unconvincing way, but it is the points and goals that count, not the style.
Inter captain Henri Lehtonen is suspended and gk Bantamoi is still sidelined, otherwise Inter have full squad available.
”Inter are a top team, but it shows that they lost their two best players after the season. Furuholm is still a dangerous striker, but their defence has not as good as last year, ” says HJK top goal-scorer Juho Mäkelä. ” We do not care how TPS or Honka play but concentrate on our own game, the title is in our own hands. Everyone does more than his share in the team at the moment and we deserve to get it and will show this spirit to all.”
HJK only absentee is long-term patient Tuomas Haapala, important mf Sebastian Sorsa returns from suspension.
Inter Turku: 12 David Monsalve (gk) 5/0– 6 Jermu Gustafsson 7/0 – 7 Ari Nyman 24/0 – 11 Timo Furuholm 22/11 – 14 Joni Aho 21/2 – 18 Ats Purje 19/3 – 15 Severi Paajanen 24/0 - 17 Mika Ojala 21/7 - 5 Alberto Ramirez 22/1 - 8 Touko Tumanto 12/0 - 22 Sami Sanevuori 16/0
Bench:13 Eemeli Reponen (gk) 2/0,, 19 Aristides Pertot 16/1, 3 Claudio Verino 13/1, 23 Ville Nikkari 13/0, 30 Martin Civit 0/0, 9 Guillano Grot 15/3, 27 Kennedy 20/2 24 Joni Kauko 18/2
Out: 29 Henri Lehtonen 23/1 suspended, 1 Patrick Bantamoi (gk)18/0
Coach: Job Dragtsma
HJK: 1 Wille Wallén 24/0 – 3 Mikko Hauhia 23/0 – 4 Medo 21/3 – 19 Aki Riihilahti 8/3 – 6 Cheyne Fowler 15/1 – 9 Sebastian Sorsa 23/6 – 10 Juho Mäkelä 24/8 - 13 Pyry Kärkkäinen 24/2 – 14 Valeri Popovits 16/3 – 17 Dawda Bah 23/6 – 11 Mathias Lindström 23/1
Bench: 2 Tuomas Kansikas 9/0, 12 Jani Viander (gk) 0/0, 26 Johannes Westö 2/0, 27 Mikko Sumusalo 1/0, 31 Akseli Pelvas 18/5, 16 Jarno Parikka 22/3, 8 Ville Taulo 10/0, 15 Paulus Roiha 5/0, 5 Jukka Sauso 19/0, 21 Petri Oravainen 15/0
Unavailable: 7 Tuomas Haapala 6/0
Coach : Antti Muurinen
TamU (7.) – Lahti (11.)
TamU: 0-3-3-3-0-1
Lahti: 0-0-0-0-3-0
H2H:9-4-5
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 27.06.2009 Lahti – TamU 2-1
TamU drew last week in the league with Inter 2-2, and then cruised to the semi-finals in the cup in the expense of Haka 1-3, in the league TamU have almost nothing to play for. Pretty much the same applies to FC Lahti who won 2nd division opponent Jazz 4-0 after having lost shamefully to Haka at home in the league by 2-4.
So both teams are in the cup and where they might meet one another, and have nothing to play for in the league so this might be a match of little motivation and risk-taking? Not so if we believe in Sakari Saarinen, TamU midfielder and the body of the fighting spirit itself, ” now at latest it is everyone´s turn to produce and give out everything, ” he says, ” there have been economical worries, injuries, talks of bankrupty and we have the youngest and cheapest team on the pitch I think, but we will not let it show!”
Antti Ojanperä returns from suspension for Tamu and they have new injury worries, mf Tomi Petrescu is doubtful.
Lahti had 8 players out of the cup match last Thursday and some of them might still be sidelined for minor injuries, ”The aim of the match is to improve our play and prepare for the Cup games, but naturally we are not planning to lose on purpose, ” says Lahti coach Ilkka Mäkelä. ” I am sure eveyone understands the situation we are in. ”
For Lahti the injury list is long and doubtful, the only absentees for sure are the long-term injured Veltheim, Hänninen, Haara, Moilanen and Heikkinen.
TamU: 1 Mikko Kavén (gk) 13/0 - 18 Rafinha 24/7 - 13 Sakari Saarinen 22/0 - 9 Juha Pirinen 9/0 - 17 Vili Savolainen 21/0 - 16 Ilari Ruuth 12/0 - 14 Jusu Karvonen 10/0 - 22 Henri Scheweleff 23/1 - 11 Aleksei Kangaskolkka 23/6 - 30 Jari Niemi 23/1 - 10 Tomi Petrescu 13/3
Bench: 21 Jonne Hjelm 24/3, 12 Juha Soukiala (gk) 11/0, 8 Antti Pohja 8/1, 4 Jesse-Juho Kuusisto 7/0, 28 Jaakko Ruuskanen 1/0, 5 Antti Ojanperä 19/1
Out: 2 Toni Järvinen 0/0, 25 Aapo Lappalainen 2/0, 23 Chris James 2/1,
Coach: Ari Hjelm
FC Lahti: 1 Viktor Szentpeteri 15/0 – 23 Jarkko Värttö 4/0 - 3 Henri Toivomäki 22/0 – 12 Toni Huuhka 20/1 - 6 Kalle Eerola 20/1 - 8 Mohamed Fofana 22/4 - 9 Rafael 22/4 – 11 Drilon Shala 24/7 – 14 Konsta Hietanen 23/0 – 10 Jari Litmanen 13/2 - 17 Eero Korte 24/2
Bench: 21 Kaarlo Rantanen 10/0, 22 Juha Tuomi (gk) 9/0, 20 Jonne Kemppinen 19/2, 13 Jussi Länsitalo 13/2, 5 Jari Holopainen 1/0, , 5 Juho-Matti Heikari 3/0, 19 Riku Heini 15/0
Unavailable: 7 Jukka Veltheim 2/0 for the rest of the season, 16 Jussi Heikkinen 2/0, 4 Janne Moilanen 7/0, 2 Heikki Haara 18/1, Mikä Hänninen
Coach : Ilkka Mäkelä
Jaro (10.) – Haka (5.)
Jaro:0-1-3-3-0-0
Haka: 1-1-0-0-3-3
H2H:3-4-11
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 28.6.09 Haka – Jaro 0-0
Jaro lost 1-2 at Mariehamn but would had deserved a bit more, while for Haka it was quite opposite and they surprisingly won at Lahti by 2-4 after having scored virtually every time they crossed the half-way line. In the cup they lost to TamU 1-3 at home and that result means that the season is over, there is nothing to fight for in the league anymore.
Jaro have a chance to improve the poor head to head statistics, as against TamU in the cup game Haka were out of discipline and there was nothing to remind them of the previous good couple of games. The life-line for European League games next season is so thin that probably they do not believe in it themselves, but coach Sami Ristilä has to say” we still have a slight chance and a couple of games to play.”
Jaro have improved since the new manager came in, and are likely to come focused for this last home game of the season, and on the last round they will be visiting HJK and probably have to witness the championship celebrations again from the other side of the pitch, last season they lost their last league game at Inter Turku.
No new injury worries for either of the teams, some experiments are likely to happen as there are no high stakes in the game.
Jaro: 12 Vitali Teles (gk) 7/0 – 6 Janne Vellamo 21/0 - 5 Kristian Kojola 24/2 – 27 Urmas Rooba 5/0 - 7 Marco Matrone 18/1 – 10 Jonas Emet 23/3 – 17 Petter Meyer 23/5 - 18 Mikko Hyyrynen 21/4 – 19 Sebastian Mannström 24/4 – 22 Jens Portin 23/0 – 23 Joonas Laurikainen 24/3
Bench: 30 Jesse Öst 0/0, 11 Jani Koivisto 14/4, 13 Jani Sarajärvi 9/0, 26 Tommi Haanpää 2/0, 9 Björn-Erik Sundqvist 10/1, 16 Papa Niang 21/3, 21 Daniel Fellman 8/0, 20 Tillman Grove 2/0
Unavailable: 8 Jari Sara 0/0, 3 Heikki Aho 8/0, 1 Markus Koljander (gk)18/0 the rest of the season, 2 Jani Tanska 20/1
Coach : Alexei Eremenko Sr
Haka: 1 Janne Korhonen 24/0 - 4 Markus Joenmäki 13/0 - 3 Petri Viljanen 16/0 - 21 Pietari Holopainen 20/5 - 10 Mika Mäkitalo 21/4 - 6 Sebastian Strandvall 23/7 - 7 Mikko Innanen 23/7 - 11 Antti Hynynen 22/6 - 41 Valeri Minkenen 14/0 - 8 Jani Kauppila 22/1 - 17 Kalle Multanen 3/1
Bench: 12 Saku Pesonen (gk) 0/0, 18 Jari Nikkilä 20/0, 19 Juuso Salonen 4/0, 26 Jhon Cagua 4/0, 5 Kalle Parviainen 3/0, 22 Jarno Mattila 22/1
Out:, 2 Diego Corpache 15/1, 20 Sami Ristilä 16/2, 9 Niko Ikävalko 18/3
Coach: Sami Ristilä
MYPA (9.) – TPS (2.)
MYPA: 1-3-3-0-1-0
TPS: 3-1-3-0-3-3
H2H: 7-3-8
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 27.6.2009 TPS – MYPA 3-1
MYPA lost at HJK away 1-0 and now host another title candidate TPS, who fetched all the points from Rovaniemi by a 0-4 away win. The biggest motivation for MYPA comes from the retirement news of MYPA – legends Saku Puhakainen and Toni Huttunen who are playing their last matches in front of the home crowd.
MYPA had very little to say against HJK though only losing by a narrow margin, but TPS might be a tougher opponent and they have played exceptionally well also on their travels. TPS are trailing HJK by three points, but they have a superior goal-difference if HJK happen to lose at Inter, and then there would be all three top teams still fighting for the championship on the last round when HJK host Jaro and TPS meet FC Honka.
No injury worries and no suspensions, but a lot of pressure for the visitors!
MYPA: 1 Antti Kuismala 23/0 – 4 Antti Uimaniemi 23/1 – 11 Ilari Äijälä 20/5 – 16 Toni Huttunen 24/2 - 6 Tuomo Könönen 23/1 - 5 Jarno Tuunainen 9/0 - 13 Toni Lindberg 16/2 – 18 Tuomas Aho 23/0 - 7 Ben Webster 20/0 – 14 Tosaint Ricketts 16/5 – 2 Miikka Multaharju 17/0
Bench: 15 Ville Oksanen 21/1, 12 Mika Johansson (gk) 1/0, 8 Ady 16/2, 9 Saku Puhakainen 24/2, 24 Nebi Mustafi 13/1, 20 Felipe Benevedes 4/0, 19 Maxim Votinov 17/4, 26 Cleiton 5/1
Unavailable: 3 Sampsa Timoska 8/0 injured,
Coach : Janne Lindberg
TPS: 12 Jukka Lehtovaara 23/0 – 2 Iiro Aalto 22/0 – 34 Jussi Kujala 23/3 - 6 Jaakko Nyberg 21/2 - 7 Sami Rähmönen 24/0 – 8 Jarno Heinikangas 24/0 – 9 Mikko Manninen 22/1 – 14 Kasper Hämäläinen 23/0 – 28 Mikko Paatelainen 24/9 – 20 Babatunde Wusu 23/8 - 21 Wayne Brown 24/9
Bench: 11 Mika Ääritalo 13/3, 29 Yll Hoxha 10/0, 1 Jani Tuomala (gk) 1/0, 10 Riku Riski 21/5, 18 Chris Cleaver 20/0, 4 Igor Jovanovic 5/0
Out: 5 Simo Valakari 7/0
Coach: Pasi Rautiainen
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