HIFK - LPS at Kakkonen on Wednesday

Edit: and interesting it was. The favourite was changed soon after the kick-off, LPS scored from a penalty  and HIFK were down to 10 players and it could not had looked any better for the islanders. Naturally HIFK soon scored twice from set pieces and the rest of the match was just a poor tactical show by LPS. FT 2-1.



There is always something happening at Finnish lower leagues, and tonight´s match in Helsinki is a real treat - a fierce derby where two teams in form meet, and it offers a chance for revenge for the hosts who suffered a 2-1 at LPS two weeks ago.

Asian odds -0,25 @ 2.01 for HIFK, I might fancy LPS here but as it is also offered live there is no need for any early bets as the odds on paper appear to be correctly set. The reality could be different.

HIFK unbeaten in 6 at home LPS in 7 in total, so is another draw, a fight with red cards or a goal fest?

Intriguing indeed.

Fin - Rus women U 17

Naturally my activities are not limited to league football only, but all U internationals are a big part of my yearly schedule. Last night I was at Fin - Rus U17 women and the same plan I have for tomorrow with early kick-off at Eerikkilä. The international matches give valuable info on players that you rarely see anywhere else.

Finland was superb last night and 4-0 was all deserved, but tomorrow is another day with perhaps a bit changed squads..

TamU - Jaro FT 1-4 highlights

A few beautiful goals here, Eremenko Jr and Zézé have the skill and the nerve;

Here:

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Veikkausliiga 1x2 distribution 2010 after 20 rounds

Veikkausliiga 2010				goals			%
Round	1	x	2	home	away	total	1	x	2
1	2	2	3	8	11	19
2	1	3	3	4	9	13
3	2	1	4	11	17	28
4	2	2	3	9	10	19
5	4	2	1	12	8	20
6	2	3	2	6	5	11
7	1	3	3	5	8	13
8	3	2	2	8	10	18
9	2	1	4	7	12	19
10	1	2	4	3	9	12
11	3	0	4	13	14	27
12	4	1	2	18	9	27
13	3	1	3	9	8	17
14	3	2	2	11	7	18
15	3	1	3	7	10	17
16	5	2	0	19	4	23
17	1	3	3	9	13	22
18	1	2	4	5	10	15
19	2	1	4	9	8	17
20	4	1	2	13	11	24
total	49	35	56	186	193	379	35,0	25,0	40,0	2,71
140	1	x	2	home	away	total	1	x	2	avg

Finland U21 vs. Poland and Liechtenstein

Gk 
Lukas Hradecky Esbjerg fB 24.11.1989 9/0
Eemeli Reponen FC Inter 06.06.1990 0/0

Df 
Juhani Ojala HJK 19.06.1989 7/0
Jani Tanska VPS 29.07.1988 9/0
Mikko Sumusalo HJK 12.03.1990 7/0
Henri Toivomäki FC Lahti 21.02.1991 0/0
Ville Nikkari FC Inter 05.11.1988 11/0
Joona Toivio Djurgårdens IF 10.03.1988 8/0
Jukka Raitala *) TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15.09.1988 25/0
Paulus Arajuuri Kalmar FF 15.06.1988 11/0

Mf & att
 Sebastian Mannström FF Jaro 29.10.1988 12/0
Joni Kauko FC Inter 12.07.1990 8/1
Rasmus Schüller FC Honka 18.06.1991 2/0
Riku Riski TPS 16.08.1989 8/1
Johannes Westö HJK 01.04.1991 1/0
Mika Ojala FC Inter 21.06.1988 16/2
Jonne Hjelm Tampere United 14.01.1988 8/4
Aleksei Kangaskolkka Tampere United 29.10.1988 8/1
Teemu Pukki HJK 29.03.1990 13/3
Akseli Pelvas HJK 08.02.1989 12/1

*only Liechtenstein

Finland vs. Holland and Moldova away in Sept 2010

Gk
Otto Fredrikson Spartak Naltchik 30.11.1981 7/0
Jukka Lehtovaara TPS 15.03.1988 1/0
Anssi Jaakkola SK Slavia Praha 13.03.1987 0/0

Df
Veli Lampi Willem II 18.07.1984 20/0
Markus Heikkinen SK Rapid Wien 13.10.1978 53/0
Niklas Moisander AZ Alkmaar 29.09.1985 12/1
Petri Pasanen Werder Bremen 24.09.1980 58/1
Sami Hyypiä Bayer 04 Leverkusen 07.10.1973 103/5
Jonas Portin Ascoli Calcio 30.09.1986 0/0

Mf & att
Tim Sparv FC Groningen 20.02.1987 9/0
Mika Väyrynen SC Heerenveen 28.12.1981 44/4
Roni Porokara Örebro SK 12.12.1983 14/3
Roman Eremenko FC Dynamo Kyiev 19.03.1987 28/1
Jari Litmanen FC Lahti 20.02.1971 134/31
Jonatan Johansson TPS 16.08.1975 103/22
Kasper Hämäläinen Djurgårdens IF 08.08.1986 8/0
Mikael Forssell Hannover 96 15.03.1981 68/19
Alexei Eremenko jr FF Jaro 24.03.1983 44/13
Teemu Tainio Sunderland AFC 27.11.1979 52/6 --> Ajax, only Holland game
Joonas Kolkka *) NAC Breda 28.09.1974 98/11
Daniel Sjölund Djurgårdens IF 22.04.1983 23/2
Shefki Kuqi Swansea City FC 10.11.1976 60/

* Only Holland

MyPa - Haka preview Aug 30th 2010

Edit: MyPa odds rising a lot, 1,94 is already a good value bet. Probably the market are reacting to the new Haka players Lahti and Lehtinen, but as mentioned below they are not turning Haka into a winning team. MyPa line-up is the permanent they have had, the new guy is on the bench. Hopefully this rises even more.


MyPa – Haka

In about two months time both time have won only once in the league, and in both cases the unlucky loser has been TamU. In that light any big handicaps make no sense, and scoring is the key problem actually for both teams. Hakaｴs other worries have been widely discussed here, but as they are finacially on their feet again – at least temporarily – and there has been player traffic also into Hakaｴs direction they still have the survival in the league in their own hands.

MyPa played rather well in the Europa League ql, but conceding 3 goals on the second half in the away and decisive leg at Timisoara left them with only the league survival battle to fight for. They had been ranked as a black horse and a possible title contender before the season in some local expertｴs mind, but I have never seen any indication of that and lower midtable , even the relegation battle is where they belong with their thin material who lack especially reliable strikers. Votonow and Ricketts have scored a few and they had a good run, but they would never make my team.

Haka got a youngster Timi Lahti who has spent several years in Italy with Padova organization and their own ex-striker Toni Lehtinen also returns from his spell in Europe. They are well needed, but Haka have problems all over the pitch and the midfield is probably the worst part, what do you do with the striker who never gets a ball from his midfielders?

I mentioned before that Haka will grab points every now and then when given a chance against another team who can not keep up the pace and pressure throughout the game, I am not sure if this is one of the cases but neither of the teams is appealing at current odds.

Haka miss defender Markus Joenmäki and long-term injured Kalle Parviainen, striker Jukka Santala – who btw fired another blank last night in the shock loss away at MP - transferred to RoPS.

MyPa might introduce new signing Stefan De Las, or not, but his usefulness in any case is doubtful. A few fringe players (Alonen, JJK, Kurittu,MP) are on loan elsewhere.

	MyPa	Haka
-1	2,36	1,74
-0,75	2,03	1,97
-0,5	1,79	2,27