The surprise Veikkausliiga leaders from Jyväskylä take on the reigning champions
at the Sonera Stadium at 6:30pm tonight. JJK remain unbeaten with sixteen points after six matches
while HJK sit third with twelve points. Therefore, even with a limited grasp of arithmetic, the
hosts are in for a match they need to win.
Did you miss NFN's three-part Veikkausliiga preview? Don't worry, you can find it here, just
click on the linka. Part I -Part II - Part III.
Nordic Football News has once again brought you the most definitive Veikkausliiga preview
concievable. Now for the final part, our standings prediction.
It's time for the annual NFN Veikkausliiga preview. As with last year, a three part preview,
starting with the title contenders. Want to guess who we think will win?
Enough has been said of the tumultuous Veikkausliiga offseason with match-fixing and
money-taking allegations that I'll try to steer clear of it for the purposes of this preview.
When you go for a Sunday stroll around the Finnish transfer circus at this time of the year,
in this bleak financial and meteorological climate, you would expect to see a sad merry-go-round
sitting stranded in the cold, transfer ponies buried under five feet of snow, emptiness echoing in
the absence of laughter, shrieks of joy and the sound of little feet of transfer rumours scampering
merrily around the ride.