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HJK fight back in thriller with Inter Turku as Ilves hit five against Jaro

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Anthony Tomas

Published 2 hours ago

Veikkausliiga leaders Inter Turku were held to a third consecutive league draw as they conceded twice late on to HJK, as KuPS secured a narrow win to close the gap and Ilves put five past Jaro.

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hjk-nmjJVR7B/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/?mid=nDSH0eDr"]HJK 3-3 Inter Turku[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-turku/QwkNUoNH/"]Inter Turku[/a] were frustrated after a goalless draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-oulu/Y35Jer59/"]AC Oulu[/a] last time out, but there would be no such issues breaking the deadlock this time, as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tuominen-jasse/OYjTjfKh/"]Jasse Tuominen[/a] raced away to slot them ahead in the second minute, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conteh-alie/xryT2cjo/"]Alie Conteh[/a] bundled the ball in to finish off a neat move and make it 2-0 in the 19th minute.[/b][/p][p]A screamer into the top corner from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moller-liam/jPBZGzA0/"]Liam Moller[/a] got [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hjk/nmjJVR7B/"]HJK[/a] back into it six minutes later, and 2-1 was how it stayed until the 71st minute, when a stretching [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cicale-alfie/YiyYYEqR/"]Alfie Cicale[/a] turned the ball into his own net for what looked to be FC Inter's winner.[/p][p]However, the Helsinki side were back to within one again as the pulled out another world-class strike - [b]Mads [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borchers-mads/OfE2qhds/"]Borchers[/a] with a goal almost identical to Moller's - and on the stroke of 90 minutes, Cicale redeemed himself with a pinpoint cross which Borchers powered in[/b] to equalise.[/p][p]It's now three unbeaten for fourth-placed HJK and, despite the run of draws, it's seven league games without a loss for the Turku side.[/p][embed guid="22e6ec11-0081-4a03-9ce0-c058ca31a050" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiJGzbh6qH8" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ilves-pYGmWmwa/jaro-faEPan8O/?mid=hAVPbZse"]Ilves 5-0 Jaro[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves/pYGmWmwa/"]Ilves[/a] are two points off the top half after a third win in their last four, thrasing Jaro, who conceded five for the second game in a row. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kanga-jardell/EuUxbUbQ/"]Jardell Kanga[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hytonen-teemu/S0H1AjT1/"]Teemu Hytonen[/a] grabbed a brace each to all but end the game before half-time[/b], before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/riski-roope/655FxMgU/"]Roope Riski[/a] put the icing on the cake with nine minutes to play. Jaro stay in 11th having lost three in a row.[/p][embed guid="4ad5a4dd-d673-40f9-85ca-3f64ea402673" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=338FJMex4C8" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/kups-nLBbqJDS/tps-dM4FE3tT/?mid=EPJYdDC7"]TPS 1-2 KuPS[/a][/b][/p][p]KuPS have gone second and cut the gap at the top to two points with a win at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tps/dM4FE3tT/"]TPS[/a] that ends a run of two successive draws. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruoppi-otto/QqHLjPgi/"]Otto Ruoppi[/a] grabbed the opener just before the half-hour mark before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moreno-jaime/SnTwttL9/"]Jaime Moreno[/a] added a second[/b] in the final 20 minutes, making a Ruoppi own goal late on a mere consolation for the slipping TPS, who are down to seventh after four defeats in five.[/p][embed guid="ec2b1f67-81c7-4302-bfb4-63cf26b54e95" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2067291026100781408" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/gnistan-Aa28K98n/lahti-pn1BFqRM/?mid=YTjaDYdl"]Gnistan 1-0 Lahti[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gnistan/Aa28K98n/"]Gnistan[/a] climbed to fifth and moved just two points behind their Helsinki neighbours HJK with a 1-0 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lahti/pn1BFqRM/"]Lahti[/a] - their third win in a row. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/obileye-ayo/tvDoS6hp/"]Ayo Obileye[/a] scored the game's only goal[/b] early in the second half, enough to down the away side who have now suffered three defeats in four, and sit ninth.[/p][embed guid="b185d29c-87c5-43af-9a1a-528e4913dcdf" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2067339110230966294" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sjk-hj3ima3I/vps-8GveH5dA/?mid=xb5TIfZQ"]SJK 1-2 VPS[/a][/b][/p][p]Keeping tabs with Gnistan on 17 points and moving into the top half are VPS, who inflicted a sixth loss of the season on 10th-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sjk/hj3ima3I/"]SJK[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/streng-jeremiah/UV7xEo6J/"]Jeremiah Streng[/a]'s goal before half-time had the hosts dreaming of a second win in a row, but [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-simon/hYjiBqtB/"]Simon Lindholm[/a] on the hour and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smyth-luka/0bB4HLvo/"]Luka Smyth[/a] two minutes from time turned the match[/b] on its head.[/p][embed guid="a359e826-3f74-4377-96cd-b71ec054dfba" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2067340561208537512" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the Veikkausliiga on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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