Struggling EPS hope to pull off a surprise win when they host enterprising Jazz in the next league fixture. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home crowd will have so-so expectations.
- EPS have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Kakkonen
- Jazz have the the best goal difference (+11) in Kakkonen
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
EPS's stadium, Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2, has a artifical turf surface. Jazz have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Jazz when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 20 matches. They have scored 29 goals in these games and conceded 36.
EPS form and stats
EPS have collected 7 points from their Kakkonen home games so far after 2-1-3. The EPS manager K. Tallqvist might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
EPS's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus VJS (placed 11th).
Before that, EPS played out a draw 1-1 when visiting GrIFK.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Kakkonen game versus PIF in only four days. This game is also played here at Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2.
EPS have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2 with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Jazz form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Jazz playing as the away team in the Kakkonen this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Kakkonen home defeat versus Honka Akatemia with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus TPV.Jazz has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Jazz in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the crews met earlier this season; Jazz - EPS 4-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero EPS victories, zero draws and three Jazz wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ahde 7 goals | J. Lehtonen 5 goals |  A. Hollmen 4 goals |
EPS missing players
Jazz missing players
| EPS | Jazz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 87% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 27% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 30% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 46% |
- EPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- EPS have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Kakkonen
- Jazz have the the best goal difference (+11) in Kakkonen
- Jazz have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jazz | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | HJS Akatemia | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 3 | PIF | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | GrIFK | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Honka Akatemia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | SalPa | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | KaaPo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | I-Kissat | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Ilves II | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 10 | EPS | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | VJS | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | TPV | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -25 | 9 |