Inter Turku – HJK Helsinki match report
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A 4-2 away win for HJK Helsinki against Inter Turku in the Veikkausliiga. The half-time score was 1-2. Alfie Cicale was our player of the match, rated 9.3 by the ScoreMondo model for HJK Helsinki. Thursday 29 October, Veritas Stadium (Turku): Inter Turku against HJK Helsinki on matchday 30, kick-off 16:00.
The story of the match
HJK Helsinki took the lead in the 19th minute through L. Montano, set up by Alfie Cicale. Inter Turku drew level at 1-1 in the 33rd minute through Alie Conteh. M. Borchers put HJK Helsinki 2-1 ahead after 36 minutes, set up by S. Haarala. Half-time: 1-2, HJK Helsinki in front.
J. Tuominen equalised for Inter Turku at 2-2 after 52 minutes. HJK Helsinki went 3-2 up on 70 minutes thanks to L. Lappalainen, set up by M. Borchers. HJK Helsinki extended their lead to 4-2 in the 75th minute through Alfie Cicale, set up by M. Borchers.
Match statistics
The shot count read 2-10, 0-4 on target. Expected goals (xG) 0.36 – 1.39: HJK Helsinki created the better chances. The referee showed 5 yellow cards, 2 to Inter Turku and 3 to HJK Helsinki. HJK Helsinki produced 99 dangerous attacks to Inter Turku's 67. Fouls: 12 by Inter Turku, 16 by HJK Helsinki; offsides 2-1.
Booked for Inter Turku: C. Jephta (34') and J. Hämäläinen (62'). HJK Helsinki's yellow cards went to M. Bogićević in the 29th minute, P. Mentu in the 58th minute and V. Tikkanen in the 61st minute.
Who stood out
Behind him, M. Borchers at 9.1, S. Haarala at 8.7 and Eeli Kiiskilä at 7.7 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Inter Turku made 5 changes: H. Sjögrell for C. Jephta (61'), I. Järvinen for J. Yli-Kokko (62'), Muhammed Suso for L. Laine (70') and Y. Amankwah for S. Saarinen (77'). From the HJK Helsinki bench came L. Lingman on 67 minutes, J. Veteli on 67 minutes, L. Lappalainen on 67 minutes and K. Simojoki on 74 minutes, among 5 changes.
The context
Before kick-off, Inter Turku's last 5 matches had brought 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Last time out, Inter Turku beat VPS 1-0 away. HJK Helsinki came into the match with 3 wins and 2 draws from their last 5 matches — unbeaten in 7. HJK Helsinki were held 2-2 by KuPS Kuopio in their latest outing. In 10 previous meetings, Inter Turku have won 2, HJK Helsinki 3, and 5 have been drawn. When they last met, on 9 September 2026, HJK Helsinki won 2-1. There have been 23 goals in the 10 meetings, 2.3 a game. Referee Mohammad Al-Emara showed 5 yellow cards; the average in our records is 3.2 yellows per game over 37 matches.
What the result means
Inter Turku have now scored in 4 consecutive matches. HJK Helsinki extend their unbeaten run to 8 matches.
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