In this week 18 match on the 12th of August, Haka hosts Oulu at Tehtaan Kenttä in a meeting of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Haka recorded a 0-2 loss against Mariehamn. Cledson Carvalho da Silva scored the first goal for Mariehamn in the 3rd minute, then Carvalho da Silva added another in the 90th minute In the end, Haka was frustrated by Mariehamn’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mariehamn ended the match with the shutout victory. Haka is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Oulu recorded a 1-1 draw against HJK. Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic scored the first goal for HJK in the 14th minute from the penalty spot, then Michael López tied it up for Oulu in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot squeezing out at least the one point for Oulu. Oulu is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 29th of April, Oulu hosted Haka in their last match together. Oulu was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Liimatta struck first for Oulu in the 2nd minute on a feed from Rafael Floro, then Dennis Salanović added another in the 44th minute on a penalty In the end, Haka couldn’t muster any offence and Oulu ran away with the shutout win.
Niklas Jokelainen has been the most prolific scorer on Oulu in his last five matches with 3 goals. Haka is fortunate enough to have Lee Erwin in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.