HJK Helsinki vs IFK Mariehamn
This week’s Finnish League continued match will present a match between the Helsinki HJK which acts as the host to host IFK Mariehamn in Telia 5G -areena. This match for IFK Mariehamn will be the first match of the season while for the Helsinki HJK this is the second because in the previous match they hosted Inter Turku and won 2-1.
IFK Mariehamn itself does not mean not to do any matches, instead they played in the quarter-finals of the Suomen Cup and won 3-1 over Lahti. The victory was arguably very dramatic because IFK Mariehamn had trailed 0-1 before then equalizing 5 minutes before the end of the match but in the extension round A. Mboma and A. Ekhalie scored 2 additional goals, so the right to advance to the semi-finals. On the other hand, for the Helsinki HJK they failed in the group phase and did not play in the Suomen Cup again, apart from the competition, they saw it again last season where the IFK Mariehamn performance was actually disappointing. IFK Mariehamn ended the season with 10th place in the standings and was lucky not to enter the relegation play-off zone.
While for Helsinki HJK they came out as defending champions after getting 24 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats from 33 matches that have been played. Then in the last 10 meetings with IFK Mariehamn, HJK Helsinki has never collapsed with 6 wins while 4 matches remain in draw. Looking at history and also last season it was natural that the Helsinki HJK was believed to be able to get a win result again.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.27