Striving EPS are desperate to pull off an upset when they greet hard-driving PIF in the next league fixture. It’s 11th vs 2nd and the home fans will have not-so-high confidence.
- EPS is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- PIF have the most scored goals (30) in Kakkonen
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for EPS and PIF.
PIF play their home games on grass, while this match will be played on artifical turf. The latest results for PIF when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from eight matches. They have managed to score 11 goals and conceded 9 times in these games.
EPS form and stats
With 2 Kakkonen wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, EPS are certainly not brimming with confidence. With EPS having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager K. Tallqvist.
EPS's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Jazz (placed 1st).
Preceding that match was a defeat to VJS (1-3).There will be little rest for EPS after this match as they are travelling to Honka Akatemia for a Kakkonen game in only four days.
EPS have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2 with 11 goals in 7 league matches. EPS have conceded 11 from these games.
PIF form and stats
Playing away, PIF have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Kakkonen this season. PIF has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. PIF goalkeeper Arnold Uschanoff is eager to challenge this, with his 206 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
PIF won their last game, 1-0 versus Honka Akatemia played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against GrIFK.A quick return to home after this game, as PIF are hosting SalPa in the Kakkonen only three days away.
PIF find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, PIF have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other before in this season, with the match result PIF - EPS 2-1 written in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  G. Voca 8 goals | S. Babawo 7 goals | A. Hollmen 4 goals |
EPS missing players
PIF missing players
| EPS | PIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 30 |
| 21 | 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 29% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 6.1 | 7.1 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 10.1 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.2 | 9.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 34% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 46% |
- All of PIF's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- EPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- EPS have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Kakkonen
- EPS is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- PIF have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Kakkonen
- PIF have the most scored goals (30) in Kakkonen
- PIF have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Kakkonen
- PIF haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | PIF | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | HJS Akatemia | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | GrIFK | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | SalPa | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Honka Akatemia | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | I-Kissat | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | KaaPo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | VJS | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -10 | 16 |
| 10 | Ilves II | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 11 | EPS | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | TPV | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 28 | -25 | 10 |