Veikkausliiga News: Ilves vs HJK Confirmed Line-ups

By Peter Guest, FootballPredictions.NET, 11:41 05/04/2025

We’re counting down to the Ilves vs HJK Veikkausliiga clash which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the team sheets have now been announced.

First off, the starting eleven for Ilves which is confirmed as follows:

Ilves

Otso Virtanen #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.96m
Weight: 91kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Matias Rale #20
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Sauli Väisänen #15
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
Aapo Mäenpää #22
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Anton Popovitch #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Marius Söderbäck #17
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Joona Veteli #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Lauri Ala-Myllymäki #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Maksim Stjopin #8
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Oiva Jukkola #19
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Teemu Hytönen #9
Forward
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Bench: Krkalić, F (G), Aspegren, F (D), Miettunen, T (D), Wallius, K (D), Kanga, J (F), Riski, R (F), Akinyemi, A (F), Tiitinen, O, Kumpu, V.

The team sheet line-up for HJK has also been confirmed as:

HJK

Jesse Öst #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Giorgos Antzoulas #3
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Greece
Ville Tikkanen #6
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Daniel O'Shaughnessy #5
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Riihimäki, Finland
Brooklyn Lyons-Foster #2
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 24
Nationality: England
Place of birth: London, England
Alex Ring #4
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
Giorgos Kanellopoulos #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Tripoli, Greece
Lucas Lingman #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Pyry Mentu #21
Midfielder
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Finland
Santeri Hostikka #7
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Järvenpää, Finland
Teemu Pukki
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Finland
Place of birth: Kotka, Finland
Substitutes: Nijhuis, T (G), Boamah, M (D), Ritari, M (M), Kallinen, J (M), Möller, L (M), Kökçü, O (F), Bandé, H (F), Hudd, R (F), Simojoki, K.

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