Kraft vs Vaajakoski betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mosedal (5000 seats)

Kraft oppose Vaajakoski for glory and success.

Insights:
  • Kraft have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Kakkonen
  • Vaajakoski have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Kakkonen

Kraft and Vaajakoski should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Kraft form and stats

The first Kakkonen game here at Mosedal resulted in a draw. Last season Kraft's home game statistics were 4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 11 games.

Kraft travelled for their previous game, a trip to TP-47 that ended 1-1. The exact score 1-1 has "struck" this team three league games in a row!

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus KuPS Ak..

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kraft have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1.

At Mosedal, Kraft has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Vaajakoski form and stats

Vaajakoski are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Kakkonen, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The manager Neuvonen was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Vaajakosken urheilukenttä. Vaajakoski suffered a 1-2 loss to RoPS (placed 1st).

Prior to that match, the Vaajakoski manager Neuvonen faced defeat when travelling to GBK and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Vaajakoski in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Vaajakoski, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

{3 goals} so far away for Vaajakoski, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Kraft, one draw and one win for Vaajakoski. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

KraftS. Isanović
S. Isanović
2 goals
KraftI. Pendek
I. Pendek
1 goals
VaajakoskiM. Sarlin
M. Sarlin
1 goals

Kraft missing players

Vaajakoski missing players

Kraft Vaajakoski
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 1 0 Scored S 0 3 4
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
3.7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3.3
3.3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.3 6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 8.7
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 3.3
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 40%
 
8.3 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6.5 5
4 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2.7
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • Kraft have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Kakkonen
  • Kraft have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Kakkonen
  • Vaajakoski have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Kakkonen
  • Vaajakoski have the most clean sheets (1) away in Kakkonen
  • Vaajakoski have the the best goal difference (+2) away in Kakkonen
Kraft Last season Vaajakoski
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
9 4   Won W   6 6
7 5   Drew D   1 5
6 2   Lost L   4 11
29 14   Scored S   16 26
26 9   Conceded C   13 33
86% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 73%
45% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 50%
23% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 27%
14% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 14%
45% 45%   BTTS BTTS   55% 59%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 14%
36% 36%   Failed to Score F T   27% 32%
 
3.9 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.5
5.9 6.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.8
1.7 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.3
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
8.5 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   11 10.1
2.7 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 4
37% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 29%
 
13 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 9.8
4.7 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RoPS 3 2 1 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 7
2 KuPS Ak. 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
3 GBK 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -1 6
4 JS Hercules 4 2 0 2 5 11 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 9 -6 6
5 JBK 4 1 2 1 13 9 3 1 2 0 13 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 5
6 OLS 3 1 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 5
7 VIFK 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 4
8 OTP 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 4
9 Vaajakoski 3 1 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 3
10 Kraft 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
11 Kuopion Elo 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
12 TP-47 4 0 1 3 4 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 JJK 22 17 4 1 51 13 11 8 3 0 28 4 11 9 1 1 23 9 38 55
2 VIFK 22 15 3 4 37 18 11 8 1 2 19 6 11 7 2 2 18 12 19 48
3 JS Hercules 22 11 4 7 38 26 11 7 2 2 22 8 11 4 2 5 16 18 12 37
4 OLS 22 10 4 8 36 24 11 4 1 6 17 15 11 6 3 2 19 9 12 34
5 Kraft 22 9 7 6 29 26 11 4 5 2 14 9 11 5 2 4 15 17 3 34
6 RoPS 22 8 8 6 37 31 11 6 4 1 25 13 11 2 4 5 12 18 6 32
7 OTP 22 7 3 12 28 35 11 4 0 7 16 18 11 3 3 5 12 17 -7 24
8 Vaajakoski 22 6 5 11 26 33 11 0 4 7 10 20 11 6 1 4 16 13 -7 23
9 GBK 22 6 5 11 34 46 11 4 2 5 18 20 11 2 3 6 16 26 -12 23
10 JBK 22 6 5 11 24 37 11 3 2 6 14 17 11 3 3 5 10 20 -13 23
11 KajHa 22 4 7 11 30 45 11 3 2 6 19 24 11 1 5 5 11 21 -15 19
12 FC Komeetat 22 4 3 15 16 52 11 2 3 6 9 21 11 2 0 9 7 31 -36 15

Read more about Kakkonen

Kakkonen is the third highest level of football in Finland. It is divided into three groups based on geographical areas, each with twelve teams. Each club plays the others in the group twice for a total of 22 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams in each division then enter a promotion playoff.