Kakkonen preview and statistics: Gnistan - SalPa at Mustapekka Areena

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mustapekka Areena (2500 seats)

1st position in the Kakkonen table for Gnistan so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed SalPa visits Mustapekka Areena.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

SalPa play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for SalPa when playing on artificial turf are 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 20 times in these games.

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Gnistan form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Kakkonen games here at Mustapekka Areena for Gnistan. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Gnistan haven’t lost a game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus KaaPo, 112 days ago.

Gnistan's previous game was a Kakkonen match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus SalPa. The home side are looking to build on that result. 1-1 away at FC Espoo before that.

Gnistan are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W2-D1-L1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Gnistan's attacking play is working. 12 goals have been conceded.

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SalPa form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for SalPa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Gnistan. Before that, SalPa secured a home win against P-Iirot with the score 2-0.

You'll want to know how SalPa managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.

The travelling fans enjoy SalPa's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SalPa have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Gnistan - SalPa 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 5 - 0 - 1 (Gnistan wins - draws - SalPa wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Sihvola
8 goals

Gnistan missing players

SalPa missing players

Gnistan SalPa
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played 2 10 18
13 5 1 Won 1 4 8
4 3 1 Drew 0 2 3
1 1 0 Lost 1 4 7
40 18 4 Scored 3 15 36
17 12 2 Conceded 2 15 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 50% Over 2.5 50% 60% 72%
39% 33% 50% Over 3.5 0% 30% 44%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 0% 10% 22%
67% 89% 100% BTTS 50% 70% 67%
33% 11% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 20% 28%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 10% 6%
 
6.9 7.9 7 Corners For (avg) 2 3.2 4.2
3.3 2.6 1.5 Corners Against (avg) 7 5.3 4.7
1.2 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.9 1.8
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Gnistan's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of SalPa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gnistan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gnistan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Gnistan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Gnistan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SalPa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SalPa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Gnistan
All Finland Cup Ykkonen Kakkonen-LohkoB Kakkonen
All Home Away
26-07-19 KA Gnistan 1 - 1 Honka Akatemia
03-08-19 KA Tampere United 0 - 3 Gnistan
10-08-19 KA Gnistan 3 - 1 P-Iirot
16-08-19 KA Gnistan 1 - 1 GrIFK
22-08-19 KA FC Espoo 1 - 1 Gnistan
31-08-19 KA Gnistan 2 - 1 SalPa
14-09-19 KA Ilves II 12:00 Gnistan
21-09-19 KA Gnistan 12:00 Jazz
28-09-19 KA KaPa 12:00 Gnistan
05-10-19 KA Gnistan 11:00 EPS
SalPa
All Club Friendlies Kakkonen-LohkoB Kakkonen Kakkonen-LohkoC
All Home Away
27-07-19 KA SalPa 2 - 2 EPS
02-08-19 KA KaaPo 2 - 1 SalPa
09-08-19 KA SalPa 2 - 3 Honka Akatemia
17-08-19 KA Tampere United 0 - 2 SalPa
23-08-19 KA SalPa 2 - 0 P-Iirot
31-08-19 KA Gnistan 2 - 1 SalPa
14-09-19 KA SalPa 12:00 FC Espoo
21-09-19 KA SalPa 12:00 GrIFK
29-09-19 KA Ilves II 15:30 SalPa
05-10-19 KA SalPa 11:00 Jazz

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Gnistan 18 13 4 1 40 17 9 5 3 1 18 12 9 8 1 0 22 5 23 43
2 KaaPo 18 10 3 5 32 14 10 6 3 1 21 3 8 4 0 4 11 11 18 33
3 Ilves II 17 10 1 6 40 22 8 6 0 2 23 6 9 4 1 4 17 16 18 31
4 FC Espoo 18 9 3 6 33 22 9 5 1 3 20 12 9 4 2 3 13 10 11 30
5 Honka Akatemia 18 8 5 5 29 24 9 4 2 3 16 14 9 4 3 2 13 10 5 29
6 SalPa 18 8 3 7 36 26 8 4 1 3 21 11 10 4 2 4 15 15 10 27
7 Jazz 17 7 2 8 29 37 9 4 1 4 17 20 8 3 1 4 12 17 -8 23
8 P-Iirot 18 6 5 7 20 28 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 3 2 4 8 17 -8 23
9 GrIFK 18 4 6 8 22 36 9 3 3 3 12 15 9 1 3 5 10 21 -14 18
10 EPS 18 4 5 9 20 31 9 3 1 5 9 16 9 1 4 4 11 15 -11 17
11 KäPa 18 4 3 11 16 33 9 3 1 5 11 12 9 1 2 6 5 21 -17 15
12 Tampere United 16 2 2 12 10 37 8 1 2 5 3 12 8 1 0 7 7 25 -27 8

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