Honka vs HJK

Honka welcomes Helsinki in the second round of the Finnish league play offs.

The hosts did not play on the first matchday of the playoffs so their last match was again against Helsinki where they lost 1-2 at home in for the regular season, on the eleventh of this month. Undoubtedly, they will now attempt to revenge having more time to rest and regroup with the ultimate goal of maintaining the third place that leads to European competitions after the five playoff games.

On the other hand, the visitors have a five-point distance from the second-placed Kuopio but they have also played one match more so the title will be not decided until the late matches. On the first matchday of the playoffs they beat Seinajoen 2-1 but now they will be asked to line up against Honka without five international footballers so they will have a difficult task.

In conclusion, I expect a game in which Honka will present themselves more ready to take advantage of their strong home ground, where only Helsinki won in the regular season. A possible win for the home team will put them in contention for even second place so I will stake 5 units on the home win draw no bet at odds of 2.00 which I consider high.