Our prediction for this Finland Veikkausliiga match:
Buoyed by a hard-fought 1-0 win over VPS, Honka will be aiming to stay in top six when they face title-chasing Helsinki on Saturday. All Jerry Voutilainen, Saku Heiskanen, and Henri Aalto have been struggling with injuries, while Kevin Jansen has overcome his injury. Ecuador international Luis Ortiz, though, should replace Jansen in the starting XI after scoring the winner as a substitute against VPS.
HJK, on the other hand, dropped two points in a 1-1 draw with Haka, but it has to be noted that experienced defender Joona Toivio was sent off on the stroke of half-time. Since fellow defender Aapo Halme suffered an injury in the last league fixture, we do not believe that the visitors are capable of grabbing more than one point from Saturday’s encounter. You should know that under 2.5 goals have been netted in five of HJK’s last six league matches.