GrIFK believe to sell many tickets for this fixture despite that the season has been back-breaking up to now with 7 points and a 10th spot in the Kakkonen table. Opponents SalPa hold 6th place with 9 pts.
- GrIFK have yet to win a game at home.
- SalPa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Kakkonen
The visiting SalPa played their last game only three days ago, a Finland Cup match. That game was also an away game, at PK-35. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
GrIFK form and stats
GrIFK have played three Kakkonen home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. The GrIFK manager Mattfolk might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The GrIFK regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä: A 1-2 defeat against Tampere United (placed 2nd).
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting EPS.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how GrIFK have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.
GrIFK are traveling soon after this match as the Kakkonen match at MuSa awaits in four days.
At Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä, GrIFK has the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 3 league fixtures.
SalPa form and stats
No Kakkonen points yet away for SalPa, from their first 3 matches.
Two away matches in a row for SalPa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs PK-35 in the Finland Cup.
A loss against Ilves II was the result prior to that, in a Kakkonen home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SalPa playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 SalPa wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
After this away game SalPa return home for a Kakkonen game against Jazz. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): GrIFK four wins, four draws and SalPa two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Heinonen 6 goals |  M. Sorvali 5 goals | V. Tiilikainen 2 goals |
GrIFK missing players
SalPa missing players
| GrIFK | SalPa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 14% |
| 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| 7 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 7.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 48% |
| 8.7 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.7 | 8.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | 4.3 |
- All of SalPa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- GrIFK have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- GrIFK have yet to win a game at home.
- SalPa have lost all their away matches so far.
- SalPa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Kakkonen
- SalPa have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Kakkonen
- SalPa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SalPa 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 | I-Kissat | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Tampere United | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Klubi-04 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | EPS | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Jazz | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | SalPa | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | MuSa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | VJS | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Honka Akatemia | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | GrIFK | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | HJS Akatemia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Ilves II | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | KaaPo | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -17 | 4 |
