In this week 14 match on the 16th of July, HIFK and Mariehamn will play a match in Mariehamn in a meeting of these two Veikkausliiga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Mariehamn is fresh off their 3-1 win against VPS. Cledson Carvalho da Silva struck first for Mariehamn in the 26th minute on a feed from Joakim Latonen, then Aleksi Pahkasalo tied it up for VPS in the 51st minute on a feed from Samba Sillah. Mariehamn is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while hIFK sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Haka. Lee Erwin scored the first goal for Haka in the 38th minute, then S. Zarokostas added another in the 69th minute In the end, HIFK was frustrated by Haka’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Haka ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Apr 9th, HIFK hosted Mariehamn at the Bolt Arena in their last match together. HIFK and Mariehamn battled to a 1-1 draw. Eetu Puro struck first for HIFK in the 23rd minute, then Vahid Hambo got the equalizer for Mariehamn in the 63rd minute on a feed from Jiri Nissinen squeezing out at least the one point for Mariehamn.
HIFK hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Aatu Kujanpää and Macario Hing-Glover, and they each have 1 goal. Both John Owoeri and Joakim Latonen have been the hottest scorers for Mariehamn in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.