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HJK Helsinki — IF Gnistan: 2:3, Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
HJK Helsinki L23 Aug · Home IF Gnistan · 2:3W31 Aug · Away Ilves · 2:1L5 Sep · Away Inter Turku · 0:1W9 Sep · Home Inter Turku · 2:1D13 Sep · Away KuPS · 0:0D18 Sep · Away IF Gnistan · 1:1
2:3
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IF Gnistan W17 Aug · Home Ilves · 3:2W23 Aug · Away HJK Helsinki · 3:2D31 Aug · Home Turku PS · 1:1D8 Sep · Home KuPS · 1:1W12 Sep · Away AC Oulu · 2:1D18 Sep · Home HJK Helsinki · 1:1
Venue: Bolt Arena City: Helsinki

In the Veikkausliiga game on 23 August 2026, IF Gnistan beat HJK Helsinki 2:3. Match numbers: shots on target 5:7, corners 1:7.

Match report

Gnipstan came from behind to beat HJK 2:3 at Bolt Arena in the 21st round of the Veikkausliiga on Sunday. The visitors took all three points in a match that swung between momentum shifts rather than settling into a pattern. HJK had built a two-goal lead before the break, only to see the game tilted against them in the second half.

Santeri Haarala opened the scoring for the hosts at twenty-three minutes, followed by a double from Ville Tikkanen in stoppage time before the interval. The pair of goals in forty-five-plus-two and forty-five-plus-three gave HJK a comfortable cushion. And here's the thing — you could sense the visitors adjusting their shape as they walked off for the break rather than hiding behind the lead.

Gnipstan turned the game around through Adeleke Akinyemi, who netted twice in sixty-eight and sixty-nine minutes. Danny Pérez added a fourth goal for the away side at eighty-nine minutes to seal the result. The visitors had been quiet for much of the first half, then found their rhythm when it mattered.

HJK dominated possession at sixty-five per cent and registered more attacks, but the visitors were sharper in front of goal. Gnipstan created three big chances compared to HJK's two, and their shot accuracy was marginally better at forty-seven per cent. By then the match had been decided by moments rather than territory.

The result leaves HJK in third place on thirty-seven points from twenty-two games, while Gnipstan sit fourth with thirty-six points. Both sides have played the same number of matches, and the gap between them remains narrow. The visitors will take confidence from overturning a deficit at a venue where they had little say for large stretches of the match.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 65 – 35
Shots on target 5 – 7
Shots off target 6 – 4
Big chances 2 – 3

Match events

  1. 23' HJK Helsinki Goal Santeri Haarala
  2. 35' IF Gnistan Substitution Matej Juricka off: Oskar Lyberopoulos
  3. 45+2' HJK Helsinki Goal V. Tikkanen assist: L. Montano
  4. 45+3' HJK Helsinki Goal Ville Tikkanen assist: Leonel Montano
  5. 46' IF Gnistan Substitution Gabriel Europaeus off: Artur Atarah
  6. 55' HJK Helsinki Yellow card Alexander Ring
  7. 60' IF Gnistan Substitution S. Ylatupa off: J. Latonen
  8. 61' IF Gnistan Substitution Saku Ylätupa off: Joakim Latonen
  9. 67' IF Gnistan Yellow card Bogdan Milovanov
  10. 68' IF Gnistan Goal A. Akinyemi assist: A. Atarah
  11. 69' IF Gnistan Goal Adeleke Akinyemi assist: Artur Atarah
  12. 70' HJK Helsinki Yellow card Kaius Simojoki
  13. 71' HJK Helsinki Substitution Martin Kirilov off: Teemu Pukki
  14. 71' HJK Helsinki Substitution Alexander Ring off: Jere Kallinen
  15. 71' HJK Helsinki Substitution M. Kirilov off: T. Pukki
  16. 72' HJK Helsinki Substitution Kaius Simojoki off: Miska Ylitolva
  17. 76' IF Gnistan Substitution Roman Eremenko off: Danny Pérez
  18. 78' IF Gnistan Yellow card Edmund Arko-Mensah
  19. 83' IF Gnistan Goal Adeleke Akinyemi assist: Bogdan Milovanov
  20. 86' HJK Helsinki Substitution Santeri Haarala off: Liam Möller
  21. 86' HJK Helsinki Substitution Alfie Cicale off: Lassi Lappalainen
  22. 89' IF Gnistan Goal Danny Pérez

Statistics

65 Possession, % 35
5 Shots on target 7
6 Shots off target 4
2 Big chances 3
77 Attacks 79
1 Corners 7
10 Fouls 18
17 Free kicks 10
1 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
7 Goal kicks 14
19 Throw-ins 16
All statistics
12/1963% Aerial duels 7/1937%
101 Backward passes 37
0 Blocked shots 4
30 Clearances 20
6/1638% Crosses 5/2124%
4/1136% Dribbles 2/450%
65 Failed passes 68
4 Goalkeeper saves 3
6 Interceptions 9
10 Key passes 11
23/4749% Long passes 26/5944%
89 Passes into the final third 53
300 Passes in the opposition half 179
283 Passes in own half 126
0.45 Shot accuracy 0.47
10 Shots inside the box 9
10/1663% Tackles 9/1464%
567 Total passes 284

Line-ups

HJK Helsinki

Starting XI
# Player number
44 Matej Marković 44
3 Till Cissokho 3
6 Ville Tikkanen 6
13 K. Simojoki 13
14 Leonel Montano 14
4 Alexander Ring 4
7 A. Cicale 7
8 Pyry Mentu 8
17 M. Kirilov 17
9 Mads Borchers 9
29 Santeri Haarala 29
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Jesse Öst 1
28 Miska Ylitolva 28
65 Amara Nallo 65
15 Jere Kallinen 15
22 Liam Möller 22
26 Lassi Lappalainen 26
32 Mouhamed Gueye 32
20 Teemu Eino Antero Pukki 20
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IF Gnistan

Starting XI
# Player number
95 Matej Juricka 95
12 Edmund Arko-Mensah 12
19 Bogdan Milovanov 19
24 Rashed Gnanou 24
67 Ayo Obileye 67
15 G. Europeus 15
23 Saku Tuomas Severi Ylätupa 23
31 Adam Yuki 31
17 Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi 17
26 Roman Eremenko 26
Substitutes
# Player number
13 Oskar Lyberopoulos 13
2 Benjamin Dahlström 2
40 Juhani Ojala 40
14 Sergey Eremin 14
27 Otto Hannula 27
7 Artur Atarak 7
10 Joakim Latonen 10
11 Danny Marcos Pérez Valdez 11
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