On Sunday Aug 28th, SJK will travel to Helsinki to battle HJK in a clash of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. HJK sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Haka. Anthony Olusanya struck first for HJK in the 38th minute on a feed from Përparim Hetemaj, then Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Terho In the end, Haka was frustrated by HJK’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. HJK ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches HJK should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 5th placed SJK is fresh off their 2-1 win against KuPS. Jānis Ikaunieks scored the first goal for KuPS in the 33rd minute, but Diego Rojas got the equalizer for SJK in the 38th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 63rd minute on a goal by Jake Jervis to cap off a wild match. With 18 points in their last 10 matches SJK should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Friday Apr 8th, SJK hosted HJK at the Omasp Stadion in their last match together. HJK took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Anthony Olusanya struck first for HJK in the 84th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed SJK couldn’t manage to score, and HJK took the shutout win.
Both Tuomas Kaukua and Diego Rojas have been the hottest scorers for SJK in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic has been the most prolific scorer on HJK in his last 5 matches with three goals.