Honka have played surprisingly well this preseason and they actually won the league cup, but it is not much of a merit as the clubs get no prize for it, and treat the competion matches as friendly games.

All the same, Honka may improve from last season. They have a young squad with some nice foreign additions like Kevin Jansen.

HJK as mentioned have players enough for two best teams in the league so the list of absentees has no meaning most of the times, but

Conor Hazard, Murilo, Saksela, Soiri, Riku Riski, Anini Jr, Hostikka are unavailable. If if there is a keeper from Celtic, league's top left back Murilo and a bunch of Finland internationals it has no importance, they would not necessarily be starters anyway. HJK have built a squad for also European competitions, the coaching staff remains the same.

Levänen, Banahene, Sadiku and Katanic seem to miss this from Honka side, and as they have less depth this list is more important.

It is a Helsinki metropolitan area derby, the distance between stadions in less than 10 km, but it does not mean that there are many away supporters, as the club have failed to commit any fans in recent years and there have been less than 1000 home support!

Despite improved performances of Honka they do not have much of a chance if HJK play on their level, and HJK are close to 70% favourites to win this opener.

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Honka在季前赛的表现令人惊讶的好，他们实际上赢得了联赛杯，但这并不是一个很大的价值，因为俱乐部没有得到任何奖励，并把比赛视为友谊赛。

尽管如此，Honka可能比上个赛季有所进步。他们有一支年轻的球队，有一些像凯文-詹森这样的外国球员。

HJK有足够的球员在联盟中最好的两支球队，所以缺席名单在大多数时候没有意义，但是

Conor Hazard, Murilo, Saksela, Soiri, Riku Riski, Anini Jr, Hostikka无法联系。如果凯尔特人有一名门将，联赛左后卫穆利洛和一群芬兰国脚，那就不重要了，反正他们也不一定是首发。HJK也为欧洲比赛建立了阵容，教练组保持不变。

Levänen, Banahene, Sadiku和Katanic似乎从Honka方面错过了这一点，因为他们缺乏深度，这个列表更重要。

这是一场赫尔辛基首都地区的德比，球场之间的距离不到10公里，但这并不意味着有很多客场球迷，因为俱乐部近年来没有任何球迷投入，而且主场球迷也不到1000人!

尽管洪卡的表现有所改善，但如果红人以他们的水平打球，他们的机会并不大，而赫尔辛基有接近70%的希望赢得这场揭幕战。