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VPS 1-3 HJK Helsinki - September 01, 2024 / Veikkausliiga 2024

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Veikkausliiga 2024 - Round 22

Lemonsoft Stadion - Vaasa - Finland

September 01, 2024 - 16:00

3 097

1 - 3

HJK Helsinki

(left foot) Jesper Engström

10'

Kai Meriluoto (right foot) Assist by Alessandro Albanese

50'

Kai Meriluoto (right foot) Assist by Georgios Kanellopoulos

84'

Lee Erwin (penalty)

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5' - Goal Jesper Engström5

10' - Goal Kai Meriluoto

11' - Yellow card Hassane Bandé

19' - Substitution Jesper Engströmis substituted by Juho Hyvarinen19

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46' - Substitution Kevin Kouassivi Benissanis substituted by Miska Ylitolva

50' - Goal Kai Meriluoto

54' - Yellow card Georgios Kanellopoulos

61' - Yellow card Evgeniy Bashkirov61

65' - Substitution Evgeniy Bashkirovis substituted by Joonas Vahtera65

65' - Substitution Hassane Bandéis substituted by Liam Möller photo Lucas Lingman

65' - Substitution Ozan Kökcüis substituted by Lucas Lingman

71' - Substitution Kai Meriluotois substituted by Lee Erwin

82' - Substitution Georgios Kanellopoulosis substituted by Luke Plange

84' - Goal Lee Erwin

86' - Substitution Antti-Ville Räisänenis substituted by Samuel Lindeman photo Antonio Almen

86' - Substitution Teemu Hytönenis substituted by Antonio Almen86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

VPS

1 - 3

HJK Helsinki

VPS HJK Helsinki

Team line-ups

VPS

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

16Hytönen86

Teemu Hytönen

Finland

B.date15/08/2002

Age22 years

H1m94

positionStriker

44Bashkirov6561

Evgeniy Bashkirov

Russia

B.date06/07/1991

Age33 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Cicale

Alfie Cicale

England

B.date19/04/2002

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

34Räisänen86

Antti-Ville Räisänen

Finland

B.date04/04/1998

Age26 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

21Ahiabu

Prosper Ahiabu

Ghana

B.date10/05/1999

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Engström519

Jesper Engström

Finland

B.date24/04/1992

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

77Alanko

Samu Alanko

Finland

B.date16/05/1998

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

5Pitkänen

Mikko Pitkänen

Finland

B.date02/01/1997

Age27 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

19Haukioja

Martti Haukioja

Finland

B.date06/10/1999

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

23Niemi

Miika Niemi

Finland

B.date04/03/1994

Age30 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

12Vetri

Lauri-Eemil Vetri

Finland

B.date06/03/2003

Age21 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Lauri-Eemil Vetri		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Martti Haukioja		24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mikko Pitkänen		27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jesper Engström	519	32	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Alfie Cicale		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Miika Niemi		30	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	M	Evgeniy Bashkirov	6561	33	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Prosper Ahiabu		25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Antti-Ville Räisänen	86	26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Teemu Hytönen	86	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
77	D	Samu Alanko		26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

HJK Helsinki

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

42Meriluoto105071

Kai Meriluoto

Finland

B.date02/01/2003

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

99Albanese

Alessandro Albanese

Belgium

B.date12/01/2000

Age24 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

17Bandé6511

Hassane Bandé

Burkina Faso

B.date30/10/1998

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Kanellopoulos8254

Georgios Kanellopoulos

Greece

B.date29/01/2000

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

23Kökcü65

Ozan Kökcü

Azerbaijan

B.date18/08/1998

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

80Palumets

Kevor Palumets

Estonia

B.date21/11/2002

Age21 years

H1m87

positionVersatile Midfielder

30Pallas

Noah Pallas

Finland

B.date09/02/2001

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

5O'Shaughnessy

Daniel O'Shaughnessy

Finland

B.date14/09/1994

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

3Antzoulas

Giorgos Antzoulas

Greece

B.date04/02/2000

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

27Kouassivi Benissan46

Kevin Kouassivi Benissan

Finland

B.date25/01/1999

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

25Nijhuis

Thijmen Nijhuis

Netherlands

B.date25/07/1998

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Thijmen Nijhuis		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Giorgos Antzoulas		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Daniel O'Shaughnessy		29	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Noah Pallas		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Kevin Kouassivi Benissan	46	25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Georgios Kanellopoulos	8254	24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
80	M	Kevor Palumets		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Hassane Bandé	6511	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	F	Kai Meriluoto	105071	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ozan Kökcü	65	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
99	M	Alessandro Albanese		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Eino Ehrnrooth		17
2	D	Josep Nuorela		21
20	D	Juho Hyvarinen	19	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Joonas Vahtera	65	28	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Antonio Almen	86	20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Samuel Lindeman	86	26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Kalle Multanen		35

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
85	G	Niki Mäenpää		39
4	D	Joona Toivio		36
28	D	Miska Ylitolva	46	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lucas Lingman	65	26	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Liam Möller	65	19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luke Plange	82	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
94	F	Lee Erwin	8471	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lauri-Eemil Vetri

Teppo Marttinen

OUT

Teemu Hytönen

Roni Hudd

OUT

Prosper Ahiabu

Emmanuel Ogude

OUT

Samu Alanko

Joonas Vahtera

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kai Meriluoto

Lee Erwin

OUT

Giorgos Antzoulas

Miska Ylitolva

OUT

Kevin Kouassivi Benissan

Lucas Lingman

OUT

Ozan Kökcü

Luke Plange

OUT

Hassane Bandé

Liam Möller

OUT

Noah Pallas

Aapo Halme

OUT

Alessandro Albanese

Brooklyn Lyons Foster

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jussi Nuorela

127

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Nuorela vs HJK Helsinki

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 01, 2024

Nuorela vs Korkeakunnas

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 01, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Toni Korkeakunnas

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Korkeakunnas vs VPS

11 victories

8 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on September 01, 2024

Korkeakunnas vs Nuorela

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2024

Referee

Mohammad Al Emara

7 victories	1 draw	7 losses	VPS15 matches	General total	HJK Helsinki26 matches	13 victories	6 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	VPS3 matches	Season total	HJK Helsinki2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 26, 2025					Latest figure on November 09, 2025

Assistant Referee

Juuso Mantere

1 victory	2 draws	2 losses	VPS5 matches	General total	HJK Helsinki9 matches	4 victories	1 draw	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	VPS2 matches	Season total	HJK Helsinki2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 19, 2025					Latest figure on October 30, 2025

Assistant Referee

Turkka Joonas Valjakka

4 victories	0 draw	3 losses	VPS7 matches	General total	HJK Helsinki11 matches	6 victories	2 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	VPS3 matches	Season total	HJK Helsinki2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 26, 2025					Latest figure on November 09, 2025

4th official

Kalle Mäkinen

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	VPS4 matches	General total	HJK Helsinki2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	VPS2 matches	Season total	HJK Helsinki1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 22, 2025					Latest figure on April 05, 2025

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for HJK Helsinki after 4 consecutive matches without a loss (since 18/08/2024).

HJK Helsinki keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw in Veikkausliiga running (since 31/05/2024). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/08/2022-19/04/2023 time period (12 matches).

Martti Haukioja played his game number 10 vs HJK Helsinki in Veikkausliiga

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	4	SJK	36 pts	22 rd
	5	FC Haka	35 pts	22 rd
	6	VPS	32 pts	22 rd
+1	7	Inter Turku	31 pts	22 rd
-1	8	Gnistan	30 pts	22 rd

General ranking

1	KuPS	44 pts	22 rd
2	HJK Helsinki	43 pts	22 rd
3	Ilves Tampere	39 pts	22 rd
4	SJK	36 pts	22 rd
5	FC Haka	35 pts	22 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DVPS 1-1 Ilves Tampere07/06/2024

DVPS 1-1 Oulu19/06/2024

LVPS 2-3 EIF06/07/2024

LVPS 1-2 Zalgiris Vilnius11/07/2024

VVPS 2-1 IFK Mariehamn28/07/2024

VVPS 3-2 FC Haka18/08/2024

Overall

LIlves Tampere 3-2 VPS21/07/2024

VVPS 2-1 IFK Mariehamn28/07/2024

LGnistan 3-0 VPS04/08/2024

LSJK 3-1 VPS12/08/2024

VVPS 3-2 FC Haka18/08/2024

DLahti 0-0 VPS25/08/2024

Current form

Away

LIlves Tampere 3-0 HJK Helsinki06/07/2024

LPanevezys 3-0 HJK Helsinki09/07/2024

LLahti 2-1 HJK Helsinki03/08/2024

LDecic Tuzi 2-1 HJK Helsinki15/08/2024

VEIF 0-3 HJK Helsinki18/08/2024

DKI Klaksvik 2-2 HJK Helsinki22/08/2024

Overall

VHJK Helsinki 1-0 Decic Tuzi08/08/2024

LDecic Tuzi 2-1 HJK Helsinki15/08/2024

VEIF 0-3 HJK Helsinki18/08/2024

DKI Klaksvik 2-2 HJK Helsinki22/08/2024

VHJK Helsinki 1-0 Inter Turku25/08/2024

VHJK Helsinki 2-1 KI Klaksvik29/08/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	11	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	4	10
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	General ranking (Competition total)	2
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	4
912	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	737
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
9	Victories (Competition total)	12
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.81
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.6
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.95
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (1 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Mads Borchers	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Topi Keskinen
Mads Borchers	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Topi Keskinen
Mads Borchers	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Lucas Lingman
Martti Haukioja	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alfie Cicale	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Lucas Lingman
Antti-Ville Räisänen	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Lucas Lingman
Mads Borchers	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	Lee Erwin

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

18 v

14 d

25 l

79 gf

98 ga

Away

60 matches

8 v

11 d

41 l

52 gf

142 ga

Total

117 matches

26 v

25 d

66 l

131 gf

240 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

41 v

11 d

8 l

142 gf

52 ga

Away

57 matches

25 v

14 d

18 l

98 gf

79 ga

Total

117 matches

66 v

25 d

26 l

240 gf

131 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 27, 1933
Home	5 - 0	August 27, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 17, 1967
Away	6 - 1	June 05, 1977

Latest head to head

May 17, 2024 - Veikkausliiga 2024

HJK Helsinki

1 - 2

VPS

October 08, 2023 - Veikkausliiga 2023

VPS

3 - 2

HJK Helsinki logo HJK Helsinki

April 19, 2023 - Veikkausliiga 2023

HJK Helsinki

4 - 0

VPS

April 15, 2023 - Veikkausliiga 2023

VPS

0 - 1

HJK Helsinki logo HJK Helsinki

July 16, 2022 - Veikkausliiga 2022

HJK Helsinki

3 - 1

VPS

Best historical scorers against HJK Helsinki

Sebastian Strandvall	5 goals	2012 - 2018
Jarno Parikka	3 goals	2012 - 2012
Steven Morrissey	2 goals	2012 - 2016
Peter Godly Michael	2 goals	2023 - 2023
Tomi Ameobi	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Antonio Inutile	2 goals	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/07/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against VPS

Akseli Pelvas	6 goals	2009 - 2017
Atomu Tanaka	5 goals	2015 - 2022
Juho Mäkelä	4 goals	2009 - 2010
Evans Mensah	4 goals	2017 - 2018
Robin Lod	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Sebastian Mannström	3 goals	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/07/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs HJK Helsinki

Sebastian Strandvall	20 matches	2012 - 2023
Ville Koskimaa	17 matches	2011 - 2017
Jesper Engström	17 matches	2011 - 2024
Steven Morrissey	14 matches	2011 - 2023
Tony Björk	14 matches	2009 - 2015
Timi Lahti	13 matches	2014 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/07/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs VPS

Sebastian Sorsa	18 matches	2009 - 2016
Akseli Pelvas	15 matches	2009 - 2019
Demba Savage	13 matches	2012 - 2017
Rafinha	13 matches	2010 - 2019
Nikolai Alho	13 matches	2012 - 2019
Atomu Tanaka	12 matches	2015 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/07/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Joonas Vahtera

104 matches

15 matches

2016 - 2024

Jarno Parikka

44 matches

69 matches

2009 - 2014

Pyry Soiri

33 matches

37 matches

2015 - 2023

Timi Lahti

26 matches

15 matches

2011 - 2019

Cheyne Fowler

22 matches

40 matches

2009 - 2014

Aleksi Pahkasalo

17 matches

1 match

2012 - 2022

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/07/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jarno Parikka

44 matches

69 matches

2009 - 2014

Juho Mäkelä

8 matches

68 matches

2003 - 2015

Robin Lod

7 matches

56 matches

2011 - 2015

Cheyne Fowler

22 matches

40 matches

2009 - 2014

Pyry Soiri

33 matches

37 matches

2015 - 2023

Luis Murillo

6 matches

27 matches

2020 - 2022

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/07/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

September 01, 2024

FC Haka

1 1

Lahti

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	KuPS	44	22	13	5	4	39	22	+17
2	HJK Helsinki	43	22	13	4	5	41	21	+20
3	Ilves Tampere	39	22	11	6	5	45	25	+20
4	SJK	36	22	10	6	6	40	33	+7
5	FC Haka	35	22	10	5	7	35	32	+3
6	VPS	32	22	9	5	8	34	36	-2
+17	Inter Turku	31	22	9	4	9	38	29	+9
-18	Gnistan	30	22	8	6	8	32	34	-2
9	Oulu	21	22	5	6	11	26	36	-10
+110	IFK Mariehamn	20	22	5	5	12	20	38	-18
-111	Lahti	19	22	3	10	9	26	38	-12
12	EIF	13	22	3	4	15	19	51	-32

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VPS 1-3 HJK Helsinki - September 01, 2024 / Veikkausliiga 2024

VPS

1 - 3

HJK Helsinki

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Nuorela vs HJK Helsinki

Nuorela vs Korkeakunnas

Manager

Korkeakunnas vs VPS

Korkeakunnas vs Nuorela

Referee

Assistant Referee

Assistant Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against HJK Helsinki

Best historical scorers against VPS

Players with most games played vs HJK Helsinki

Players with most games played vs VPS

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking