Veikkausliiga review May 8th

Footballing wise perhaps the weakest round so far, but it is no wonder as the clubs have played roughly twice a week from the start, now it will ease up at least a bit.

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HJK continued their weak performances away in the North. Kemi never looked like getting any points but it was not as easy stroll for HJK as it should had been. Cup final next on Sat vs Inter.

Kemi were their usual selves, very few of the players are even Veikkausliiga class and there is not much you can do with the material.

Ilves vs RoPS and TPS vs VPS both were expectedly boring and low-scoring, and I am not saying that a  low-scoring match could not be a great affair if it is because of brilliant defensive efforts. In these cases the clubs just seemed totally clueless. RoPS perhaps did not deserve anything and their top start for the season is all gone, but TPS were by all accounts the better team in their match.

KuPS 5 goals? They did naturally deserve the win in the end, but they were 2-0 up just for free, and they were in big troubles until the relaxing 3-1 goal was scored. Inter did rotate ahead of their cup final vs HJK on Sat, a match which could be a salvation to their weak season.

Lahti were dominant from the start and the winning goal should had come earlier. To be honest Lahti were nothing special either, but SJK is a shadow of a club. Given their resources they would probably do better if I was their manager or sports director. Badly built and coached team they are.

Honka should had again won the match earlier on as MIFK missed 4 starters, but Honka have a serious problem in winning matches, and the longer the match went the clearer it became that MIFK equalize in the end, which they did.


At xP table there is a clear leading trio in KuPS, HJK and Lahti, in the bottom Kemi have secured their place as the worst team for a long time. Most of the others are rather close to one another at 1.0 - 1.4 or so, it is still too early days to take too long looks at that tool really.