Veikkausliiga Round 11 Preview

IFK Mariehamn v Tampere United
IFK have a fearsome injury list, but despite that they looked quite solid at Haka last week. Ingves, Ochieng, J. Carlsson, Norrmen, Sjölund, Blomberg, Binnion, Isaksson and Överström are all out, but their remaining players seem to be coping okay. Most importantly, their tough centre backs seem well equipped to deal [...]

Veikkausliiga Round Eight preview

FC Lahti v FF Jaro
Lahti are missing Vanninen, while Jaro will be without Kullström, Je. Portin, Junnila, Koivisto, Svanbäck and Wargh. With Jaro in awful form following two 4-0 defeats, it should be a home win. But then this is Lahti…

TPS v IFK Mariehamn
TPS are without Valakari, Heinikangas, Ääritalo, Cleaver and Sarajärvi, and IFK will [...]

Veikkausliiga Round Seven preview

TamU v KTP
Sheweleff is the only absentee for TamU, Ikavalko for KTP in this relegation six-pointer. IF this isn’t a home win I’ll be surprised, but not so surprised that the odds on ladbrokes make sense. TamU are awful right now, and so are KTP. Anything could happen, and KTP are under significantly less pressure.
Honka [...]

Veikkausliiga round six preview

Lahti vs Honka
Honka travel to Lahti fresh from their goalfest against Haka, with only Koskinen out inured. Heilala is doubtful for them. Lahti will be missing Shala in midfield, and possibly Kainu and Korte. Both sides have a player in Baxter’s Finland squad, and both teams are bang in form.
Haka vs MyPa
Haka are without defenders [...]

Veikkausliiga Round five preview and injury update

MyPa v TPS
This one is tricky to call. MyPa have been staggeringly inconsistent, losing at home to IFK before tenaciously getting a point away at RoPS. Simo Valakari, Mika Ääritalo and Chris Cleaver are all out injured, leaving a big hole in the TPS midfield. Kheireddine Zarabi (or ‘Kiko’ got a red card against Honka, [...]