HJK play host to visiting team VPS Vaasa at Bolt Arena in the Veikkausliiga meeting on Saturday.
Our tips, poll and stats for HJK v VPS Vaasa can all be found here (plus the best game odds).
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HJK
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HJK will be wanting a better result here after the 1-0 Veikkausliiga defeat in their last game at the hands of SJK.
Kasper Paananen (60') was the scorer for SJK.
HJK haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their goals record equals just 4 vs opposition teams during their last 6 outings. In those games, HJK have also seen the number of goals against them total 10.
Going into this contest, HJK are unbeaten in the league by VPS Vaasa in their last 2 games.
VPS Vaasa
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After a losing effort in their last game against FC Inter Turku in Veikkausliiga action, VPS Vaasa will be aiming to make amends here.
Jussi Niska (31') and Momodou Sarr (57') scored for FC Inter Turku.
Indicating their appetite for fruitful matches, goals have been scored 21 times in the last six matches in which VPS Vaasa have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.5 goals each meeting. Their opponents have hit 12 from this total. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, however.
Heading into this contest, VPS Vaasa haven't been defeated in their previous 3 away league matches.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 15/04/2023 shows that HJK have won 3 of these and VPS Vaasa 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
19 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from Klubi and 7 being from Vepsi. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.
The previous league contest between the two was Veikkausliiga match day 2 on 20/09/2024 which ended up with the score at VPS Vaasa 1-1 HJK.
The referee was Antti Munukka.
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Prediction
It looks to us that HJK should score a couple of goals when they line up against VPS Vaasa, who won’t find it easy to find the back of the net.
We can therefore see a pretty comfortable 2-0 win for HJK at the end of the 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the full-time result market, a victory for HJK is best priced at 1.67, going for a drawn result is 3.75 & taking a punt on the winning team to be VPS Vaasa gets you 5. Those are the most competitive market prices being offered at the current time.
Renata Leite,
06:12 22/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
HJK
Formed: 1907
Stadium: Bolt Arena (10,770)
Captain: Daniel O'Shaughnessy
Chairman: Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager: Toni Korkeakunnas
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 10, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
⭐ Key Player: Santeri Hostikka
Customarily deployed in the Right Wing position, Santeri Hostikka was born in Järvenpää, Finland. Having made his senior debut playing for FC Lahti in the 2016 season, the talented Forward has managed to score 2 league goals in this Veikkausliiga 2025 campaign to date in 2 appearances.