An important duel in the bottom section of the Kakkonen, with both FC Espoo and Jazz experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 10th place.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FC Espoo form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what FC Espoo have to build on here in the Kakkonen.
In their previous game, the manager J. Västinen led his FC Espoo to a defeat in the Kakkonen match away at Klubi-04. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that match was a defeat to SalPa (2-5).
Did Espoo get overconfident in their match against Klubi-04? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. The defeat against Klubi-04 was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by N. Laine).
FC Espoo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Espoo with 16 goals conceded in these matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Jazz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jazz so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Jazz have lost on their last two travels.
Jazz play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-5 to GrIFK (placed 7th). A home win before that, celebrating 6-0 vs P-Iirot.
Jazz lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Jazz are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). The Jazz manager M. Varhelahti has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - zero - four (Espoo wins - draws - Jazz wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Günes 5 goals |  J. Aalto 5 goals |
FC Espoo missing players
Jazz missing players
| FC Espoo | Jazz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 35 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 67% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 67% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 13% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 20% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 141 | 81 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 78 | 156 |
| 72 | 38 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 35 | 72 |
| 31% | 37% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 33% |
- All of FC Espoo's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Espoo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jazz has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Kakkonen
- Jazz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Jazz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Jazz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jazz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Klubi-04 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 38 | 43 |
| 2 | Ilves II | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
| 3 | PIF | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlantis | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 5 | HJS Akatemia | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | KaaPo | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | GrIFK | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 19 |
| 8 | SalPa | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | TPV | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | Jazz | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | FC Espoo | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 11 |
| 12 | P-Iirot | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | -28 | 8 |