Battling EPS are aching to pull off an upset when they greet enterprising Tampere United in the upcoming league game. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have low confidence.
- EPS have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Kakkonen
- Tampere United is in the best form (5-0-1) in Kakkonen
This should be an intriguing game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
EPS form and stats
The total Kakkonen stats at home this season for EPS are 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). EPS has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Tallqvist and the players.
In their previous game, the manager Tallqvist led his EPS to a defeat away at I-Kissat. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2.
Before that game, the home loss against SalPa with the scoreline 0-2.Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have had two goals or less.
EPS have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot.
Tampere United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Tampere United, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus KaaPo (placed 13th) last time out.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting HJS Akatemia's place.Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
Tampere United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Tampere in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous two meetings between these two participants are: two wins for EPS, zero draws and zero wins for Tampere United. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Toijala 5 goals |  A. Hollmen 4 goals | J. Stenroos 4 goals |
EPS missing players
Tampere United missing players
| EPS | Tampere United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 80% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 80% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.4 | 4.2 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.4 | 11.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | 39% |
| 6 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
- All of Tampere United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- EPS have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Kakkonen
- EPS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Kakkonen
- EPS have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Kakkonen
- EPS have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Kakkonen
- EPS have the most clean sheets (5) in Kakkonen
- EPS have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Kakkonen
- Tampere United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Tampere United have scored more than double the goals of EPS.
- Tampere United have the most points (9) away in Kakkonen
- Tampere United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tampere United is in the best form (5-0-1) in Kakkonen
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tampere United | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Klubi-04 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | I-Kissat | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | SalPa | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | Honka Akatemia | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | HJS Akatemia | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Jazz | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | VJS | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | MuSa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | GrIFK | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | EPS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Ilves II | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | KaaPo | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -30 | 4 |
