Match Report
The table gap was wide: 37 points between HJK (3rd, 44 pts) and KTP (4th, 7 pts). KTP's recent output lagged their position: 23rd on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.65 goals per team per game, KTP ran at 1.4 scored and 1.2 conceded, HJK at 2.68 and 1.32.
KTP arrived off four straight defeats. HJK arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for KTP, 12/15 for HJK.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by KTP, 3 by HJK, 1 drawn, at 4.75 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Arto Tolsa Areena in Kotka, capacity 4,780, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: HJK led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-4.
Goal scorers
KTP: Luca Weckström (8') · HJK: Jere Kallinen (76'), Benji Michel (31'), Brooklyn Lyons-Foster (35'), Teemu Pukki (54')