Finland Veikkausliiga round-up: HJK return to winning ways; KuPS make it seven in a row

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He has underperformed his xG (scored less than expected) more than any other player. ๐Ÿ“‰

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Cardiff City are looking to bring in Guinea international Sory Kaba on loan from Danish club Midtjylland โšฝ๏ธ

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๐Ÿ”ฅ 23-year-old #FCCincy forward Brenner’s 2022 stats (& rank among other #MLS players):

๐Ÿ”ธ 18 goals (98th percentile)
๐Ÿ”ธ 12.2 xG (97th)
๐Ÿ”ธ 35 shots on target (97th)
๐Ÿ”ธ 22.8% conversion rate (94th)
๐Ÿ”ธ 133 touches in opp. box (98th)

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Sources: Nottingham Forest have made a bid to sign FC Cincinnati forward Brenner. Offer was a loan with purchase obligation. Cincy countered. Two days left in transfer window.

Brenner sat out of training today as he hopes to make the move.

Forest are 13th in the Premier League.

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HJK bounce back

After losing 2-1 against bottom-of-the-table Oulu, HJK Helsinki responded with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Haka at the weekend.


The match

Things got off to a perfect start for the hosts when Jair curled a shot into the top corner in the second minute.

Midway through the first half, it was 2-0. Riku Riski won the ball back on the right-hand side and fed Filip Valenฤiฤ, who rifled a shot into the roof of the net from a tight angle.

It was his fifth league goal of the season,


What does it mean?

HJK eased to victory, winning their 11th game of the season and maintaining their unbeaten home record this season.

Haka were beaten for the eighth time this season and are third-bottom with nine points.


KuPS continue fine form

KuPS edged past Ilves to win their seventh successive game and stay within six points of HJK at the top.

Anton Popovitch scored the only goal of the game in the 34th minute to consign Ilves to back-to-back league defeats.


Oulu beaten in see-saw game

After last weekโ€™s joy against HJK, it was back to a familar feeling of disappointment for Oulu who were beaten 3-2 by SJK in a thrilling game.


The match

SJK went ahead after five minutes through a header by Nikko Boxall after he was left unmarked in the box.

It should have been 2-0 soon after when Denys Oliynyk was presented with a huge opportunity with just the goalkeeper to beat but he fired wide.

Lucky Opara then should have equalised for Oulu but he skewed his shot wide with the goal gaping.

In the second half, SJK again went close when a goalmouth scramble ended in the post being struck but Oulu survived.

The game looked dead when Boxall got his second, heading in once more, this from Oliynykโ€™s cross.

However, last weekโ€™s shock win against HJK was enough to prove that you shouldnโ€™t write off Jyrki Aholaโ€™s side.

A stunning through ball from Magnus Breitenmoser with his outside of his foot set up Niklas Jokelainen, who laid the ball across for Usman Sale to run onto and score.

Eight minutes later, after the hosts failed to clear, Lucky Opara pounced and directed a header into the corner, beyond the reach of goalkeeper Jesse ร–st to level things up at 2-2.

But all was in vain for Oulu, who were hit with a suckerpunch just two minutes later when Daniel Hรฅkans scored with a stunning dipping strike to put SJK back in the lead.

There was still time for Oulu to create chances and come close to forcing an equaliser but they were denied by ร–st, who was in fine form.


What does it mean?

Oulu were beaten for the tenth time this season and are rock-bottom but can take encouragement from their improvement in performance. SJK have won seven of 13 games and remain fifth.

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๐ŸŒŽ All 8 teams analyzed
๐Ÿ‘€ Most exciting players to watch
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Can #TigresdelLicey make history?

๐Ÿ“ @jesusalfredoSP

#SerieDelCaribe2023
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Sory Kaba currently has the 7th-highest xG (4.9) of any player in the #sldk so far this season, despite scoring just 2 goals for @fcmidtjylland. ๐Ÿ“Š

He has underperformed his xG (scored less than expected) more than any other player. ๐Ÿ“‰

#CCFC | #Midtjylland

BBC Sport Wales @BBCSportWales

Cardiff City are looking to bring in Guinea international Sory Kaba on loan from Danish club Midtjylland โšฝ๏ธ

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‡ #BBCFootball

๐Ÿ”ฅ 23-year-old #FCCincy forward Brenner’s 2022 stats (& rank among other #MLS players):

๐Ÿ”ธ 18 goals (98th percentile)
๐Ÿ”ธ 12.2 xG (97th)
๐Ÿ”ธ 35 shots on target (97th)
๐Ÿ”ธ 22.8% conversion rate (94th)
๐Ÿ”ธ 133 touches in opp. box (98th)

He’s highly sought after by #NFFC. โšก๏ธ

Tom Bogert @tombogert

Sources: Nottingham Forest have made a bid to sign FC Cincinnati forward Brenner. Offer was a loan with purchase obligation. Cincy countered. Two days left in transfer window.

Brenner sat out of training today as he hopes to make the move.

Forest are 13th in the Premier League.

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