Can GBK beat RoPS II in Kokkolan Keskuskenttä clash?

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä (2000 seats)

Kakkonen: Important and interesting fight between GBK and RoPS II at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä. Both are in need of a good run!

Insights:
  • GBK have the most conceded goals (34) in Kakkonen
  • RoPS II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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.

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GBK form and stats

GBK's struggle is real here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä with only 4 points collected from 6 Kakkonen games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4. The GBK manager C. Corcoran might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The fans are hoping that GBK will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Kakkonen game against SJK Akatemia (placed 1st).

Preceding that match was the home game against JS Hercules that was lost 1-5.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for GBK here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as GBK have allowed the opposition to score 17 goals here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä.

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RoPS II form and stats

RoPS II have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Kakkonen, after 1-1-4 (6 played).

RoPS II's previous game was their home loss versus JS Hercules (0-2).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Vaajakoski.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. RoPS have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

GBK and RoPS II have played each other earlier this season: RoPS II - GBK 2-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one GBK victory, one draw and two RoPS II wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GBKP. Jokihaara
P. Jokihaara
4 goals
RoPS IIR. Degerman
R. Degerman
4 goals
RoPS IIR. Pietsalo
R. Pietsalo
3 goals

GBK missing players

RoPS II missing players

GBK RoPS II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 1 6 14
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 0 Lost L 1 4 8
9 5 3 Scored S 0 4 16
34 17 1 Conceded C 3 13 27
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 86%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 57%
36% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 36%
21% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
36% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 36%
14% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 29%
57% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 36%
 
3 2.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.7 6.4
5.5 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.5 5
1.6 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
5.1 5.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.7 8.9
2.1 2.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 4.3
31% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 27%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • GBK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • GBK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • GBK have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Kakkonen
  • GBK have the most conceded goals (34) in Kakkonen
  • GBK have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Kakkonen
  • GBK have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Kakkonen
  • GBK have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Kakkonen
  • RoPS II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • RoPS II have created more than twice as many corners as GBK.
  • RoPS II 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 SJK Akatemia 14 10 2 2 50 22 7 6 1 0 30 10 7 4 1 2 20 12 28 32
2 OTP 13 8 3 2 28 12 6 5 1 0 16 3 7 3 2 2 12 9 16 27
3 JS Hercules 14 7 3 4 28 15 7 4 1 2 13 4 7 3 2 2 15 11 13 24
4 Vaajakoski 13 6 5 2 19 11 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 23
5 JJK 11 6 3 2 23 7 6 4 2 0 15 2 5 2 1 2 8 5 16 21
6 JBK 14 6 3 5 22 28 8 5 2 1 16 9 6 1 1 4 6 19 -6 21
7 OLS 14 4 4 6 17 21 6 2 2 2 8 6 8 2 2 4 9 15 -4 16
8 VIFK 12 5 1 6 18 27 6 2 0 4 9 12 6 3 1 2 9 15 -9 16
9 PS Kemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RoPS II 14 4 2 8 16 27 8 3 1 4 12 14 6 1 1 4 4 13 -11 14
10 Kraft 13 4 1 8 15 27 7 3 1 3 13 10 6 1 0 5 2 17 -12 13
11 GBK 14 2 3 9 9 34 6 1 1 4 5 17 8 1 2 5 4 17 -25 9
12 Kemi City 12 2 0 10 12 26 6 1 0 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 7 12 -14 6

Read more about Kakkonen

Kakkonen is the third highest level of football in Finland. It is divided into three groups based on geographical areas, each with twelve teams. Each club plays the others in the group twice for a total of 22 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams in each division then enter a promotion playoff.