Football – Finland – Ykkonen
Monday 11th August 2014 – Kickoff: 1730hrs
League leaders in the Ykkonen, KooTeePee, take on third placed PK-35 Vantaa at their Arto Tolso Arena on Monday night as they look to maintain their incredible 100% home record.
It’s been an amazing ten home wins on the trot for the hosts and this has contributed to their commanding nine point lead at the top of the division over second placed HIFK. However, KooTeePee lost last time out at the very same HIFK 1-4 away so they’ll be keen to make amends in tonight’s home match.
KooTeePee’s overall home record stands at 10-0-0 27/4 and they’ve kept six clean sheets to date too which should stand them in good stead for today’s clash. In addition, forward Aalto (22 goals), Kaivonurmi (10 goals) and Makela (7 goals) should provide them with the necessary firepower to claim the points tonight.
Visitors PK-35 Vantaa have performed well overall this season as they sit in a creditable third place but look to be an unassailable 11 points behind tonight’s hosts KooTeePee. PK-35 ended a run of seven matches without a win recently when they beat Ilves Tampere 2-0 away from home but a very different challenge lies ahead of them this evening.
PK-35’s overall away record stands at 5-4-1 13/5 but the majority of their way wins have been at lower half teams and they indeed lost at KooTeePee in their last away encounter with the league leaders 1-2.
KooTeePee look to be very much on their way to returning to the Veikkausliiga and they’ll be keen to bounce back with a home win here to keep the other contenders at arms length – this could be a 2-1 win for the hosts to record an 11th straight home win.
Pick: KooTeePee straight win @ 1.62 Bet Victor
