After three games we know a little more about the qualities of EPS and Viikingit in this fresh Kakkonen season. Read our match preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
EPS's stadium, Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2, has a artifical turf surface. Viikingit 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 Viikingit when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 26 goals in these games and conceded 22.
EPS form and stats
The hosts won their first Kakkonen game here at Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2, lifting spirits. Home statistics for EPS last season were 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from 11 games.
It's back home for EPS, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Reipas away with the result 1-0. Before that, EPS had a home game versus Kultsu which ended with a victory 2-1.
At Espoonlahden tekonurmi 2, EPS has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Viikingit form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Kakkonen ended in defeat. Last season Viikingit had these away match statistics: Played 2; won 0, drew 2 and lost 0. Recent form does not give Viikingit much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. EPS will be a tough nut to crack.
The attacking players of Viikingit have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 437 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Viikingit in their previous game, as they lost their Kakkonen-match, hosting JaPS, 0-2. Prior to that match, the Viikingit manager O. Baranov faced defeat when travelling to PK-35 and losing 0-3.
0 goals so far away for Viikingit, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ahopelto 3 goals |  J. Vesaaja 1 goals |
EPS missing players
Viikingit missing players
| EPS | Viikingit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 7.3 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 10 | 6.7 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 12 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | 8 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 36% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Viikingit has the fewest scored goals (0)
| EPS | Last season | Viikingit | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 82% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 77% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 166 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 112 | 229 | ||
| 70 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 102 | ||
| 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JaPS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | EPS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | MiPK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | PK-35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Honka Akatemia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | PEPO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Reipas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Kiffen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | PKKU | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | NJS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 11 | Kultsu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 12 | Viikingit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 | Gnistan | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 35 | 55 |
| 2 | KaaPo | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | Ilves II | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | FC Espoo | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | SalPa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Honka Akatemia | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | P-Iirot | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Jazz | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 27 | -12 | 30 |
| 9 | GrIFK | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 10 | EPS | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 11 | KaPa | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 22 |
| 12 | Tampere United | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -33 | 11 |