Some Sunday previews for Mother´s Day

MIFK – TamU

The death bells are almost already ringing at Mariehamn for the loser of this match, especially if it is Tampere Utd. Both teams are without a win, TamU also without idea or self-confidence but IFK can not too satisfied with themselves either.

Patrik Rikama, Wilhelm Ingves, Ekhiabhi Okodugha and Johan Carlsson are suffering from minor knocks and are doubftul, unimportant Fredrik Appel will miss the match for sure from MIFK.

MIFKｴs loss vs. VPS at home came after an appalling performance, but with new signings Strandvall and Martins they do have some new attacking options, which are surely welcomed by striker Mikko Paatelainen who has not gotten enough passes in the latest matches.

Goals from open play is not the first impresssion of this matchs

FF Jaro – Honka

Jaro are still without Eremenko Jr, and face the title candidates in-form FC Honka from Espoo. Extra emphasis must be put to defending, Haka scored 4 goals vs. Jaro last round, and last season Honka scored 5 times in both Veikkausliiga matches vs. Jaro. There have been changes in Jaro since last season, but Honka do really enjoy meeting teams with a weak defense and when they get the taste of goals they hardly stop. Scoring goals is fun and an accepted policy at Honka camp, they seldom start defending their lead.

Defending set pieces was too difficult for Jaro at the Haka match, now they will face also strikers who are happy to keep the ball and take it to the penalty box and wingers who can bring the ball from the halfway line and also very attacking pair of defenders. I am expecting a very busy night for the Jaro defense on Sunday.

Hermanni Vuorinen should return to Honka, Ville Koskimaa is still unlikely to play if his negotiations regarding his contract do not get in order, but the central defence spot is well covered by Roope Heilala.

The key man from Jaroｴs side is the goal-keeper Vitali Teles. Personally I do not believe in him at all, but occasionally he has been a match winner at Jaro home games. A good day is needed from him if Jaro want to dream of a point or three.

Honka have more options for the match winner department. There are always fresh legs available as the material is wide, and when other teams start getting tired Honka start making substitutions, and an equally good player comes in. A luxury that very few Veikkausliiga teams can afford.

Honka have learned to be more patient this season, and a goalless first half would be no surprise, but in the end there will benso many goal chances that an away win looks like the most likely outcome, and if they win it can easily be by a bigger margin.

Limits for asian handicap betting in the table below.

09.05.10	Jaro	Honka
	1,57	2,76	-1,25
	1,7	2,43	-1
	1,92	2,08	-0,75
	2,22	1,82	-0,5

Jaro - Honka preview 23.09 2009

Jaro (10.) – Honka (3.)
Jaro:1-0-0-1-3-3
Honka :3-1-3-3-0-3


H2H:1-1-8
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 27.05.09 Honka – Jaro 5-1

Jaro fought all three points from TPS by a 1-0 home win, while Honka took a most comfortable home win 2-0 of Haka, who had a total of two shots in the game and both off target. Jaro have not much to play for as a team this season any more, but the players still have work to do to convince the new coach Alexei Eremenko Sr of their abilities in order to secure the place in the team in the future, and a lot of players did a world of good for their future against TPS!

Honka are still within the title race and in the Cup, so the season is far from over but in the thick of it, and as the form is good, players are fit and the squad is full of talent the team is expecting the games eagerly. Important suspended mf Joel Perovuo 22/3 is pretty easily replaced with fresh feet and his absence should not be decisive though they he has been forming the axes of the line-up along with striker defender Rami Hakanpää and striker Hermanni Vuorinen.

Jaro key striker Mikko Hyyrynen 19/3 injured and got subsituted against TPS, the severeness of the injury is not known and he might play. The goal – keeper Markus Koljander 18/0 is out for the rest of the season, but Vitali Teles as a second choice has played well enough. Jani Tanska 20/1 is also still out. The only absent player for Honka is Joel Perovuo and they have a full squad to choose from.

Jaro: 12 Vitali Teles (gk) 5/0 – 6 Janne Vellamo 19/0 - 5 Kristian Kojola 22/2 – 27 Urmas Rooba 3/0 - 7 Marco Matrone 16/1 – 10 Jonas Emet 21/3 – 17 Petter Meyer 21/5 - 18 Mikko Hyyrynen 19/3 – 19 Sebastian Mannström 22/4 – 22 Jens Portin 21/0 – 23 Joonas Laurikainen 22/3

Bench: 30 Jesse Öst 0/0, 11 Jani Koivisto 12/1, 13 Jani Sarajärvi 8/0, 26 Tommi Haanpää 2/0, 9 Björn-Erik Sundqvist 9/1, 16 Papa Niang 20/3, 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

Honka: 1 Tuomas Peltonen 17/0 – 2 Sampo Koskinen 15/0 - 19 Rami Hakanpää 21/2- 3 Roope Heilala 16/1 - 11 Hannu Haarala 13/0 - 28 Rasmus Schuller 15/2 - 20 Nicolas Otaru 19/2 - 26 Jaakko Lepola 14/4 - 17 Demba Savage 20/4 - 6 Hermanni Vuorinen 22/14 - 10 Jami Puustinen 21/5

Bench: 27 Konsta Rasimus 1/0, 12 Janne Henriksson (gk) 6/0, 15 Aleksandr Kokko 16/1, 14 Jussi Vasara 22/6, 7 John Weckström 9/1, 5 Henri Aalto 13/0, 13 Ville Koskimaa 11/1

Out: 8 Markus Paatelainen 0/0 injured, 21 Joel Perovuo 22/3 suspended
Coach: Mika Lehkosuo

Betting: I liked Jaro a lot in the early season, but they lost it during the summer, mostly because of injuries and the insecurity concerning their coaching stuff. They still do miss a couple of players but the new coach has put things right. Honka is my current ranking number 1, but Jaro can cause another surprise. Tempted to take Honka live if the handicap drops to -0,5. So far, no bet, i am studuying the live markets concerning handicaps and totals very closely on this.