HJK take a point at KuPS to keep Veikkausliiga title race wide open

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hjk-nmjJVR7B/kups-nLBbqJDS/?mid=QRzami7s"]KuPS 0-0 HJK[/a][/b][/p][p]A draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gnistan/Aa28K98n/"]Gnistan[/a] following successive defeats for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kups/nLBbqJDS/"]KuPS[/a] had thrown the title race wide open, and only a loss for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-turku/QwkNUoNH/"]Inter Turku[/a] in the previous round had allowed the Kuopio side to stay top of the pile.[/p][p]And when the current champions welcomed the record champions, the match didn't live up to the billing, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pennanen-petteri/dGM43Ult/"]Petteri Pennanen[/a] managed the only shot on goal of the first half, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cissokho-till/IPmRs9Yr/"]Till Cissokho[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cicale-alfie/YiyYYEqR/"]Alfie Cicale[/a] both forced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kreidl-johannes/U5piqW3F/"]Johannes Kreidl[/a] into routine stops after the break.[/p][embed guid="b3dc9c8b-6f30-4727-8bf5-6beb4e03ed8c" url="https://x.com/hjkhelsinki/status/2099134900662055165" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moller-liam/jPBZGzA0/"]Liam Moller[/a] was unable to find the target for the visitors when the best chance of the game fell his way, then [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/luyeye-lutumba-joslyn/OjwoyjpA/"]Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba[/a] was unable to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ost-jesse/UkK3CDbc/"]Jesse Ost[/a] with a late chance for the home side, and the game ended goalless, taking KuPS three points clear of Inter Turku before they welcome VPS on Monday 14th.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hjk/nmjJVR7B/"]HJK[/a] see their two-game winning run come to an end, and they stay in third place, four points behind the leaders.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]View the latest Veikkausliiga standings on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]