Kakkonen preview and stats: HJS Akatemia - EPS at Kaurialan kenttä

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kaurialan kenttä (4000 seats)

In total; 14 league rounds are finished and HJS Akatemia are 1 points on top of EPS. What will the score be?

Insights:
  • HJS Akatemia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Kakkonen
  • EPS have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Kakkonen

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Kakkonen. That game was also an away game, at Ilves II. 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.

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HJS Akatemia form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Kakkonen games here at Kaurialan kenttä for HJS Akatemia. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Akatemia here at Kaurialan kenttä, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

HJS Akatemia faced defeat in their previous match, away at MuSa (0-1). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league fixtures.

Before that, HJS Akatemia had a home game versus Klubi-04 which ended with a victory 4-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Akatemia matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 4 games).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 6 games), HJS Akatemia's attacking play is working. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Akatemia with 13 goals conceded in these matches.

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EPS form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for EPS so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of EPS, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

There might be some fixture complaints from EPS as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Ilves II.

Before that, EPS secured a home win against Ilves II with the score 4-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and EPS playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 5 home wins.

As opposed to that, EPS have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled earlier this season: EPS - HJS Akatemia 1-0. Previous three meetings between these sides: Akatemia won one, EPS were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

HJS AkatemiaE. Raittinen
E. Raittinen
7 goals
EPSA. Hollmen
A. Hollmen
7 goals
HJS AkatemiaP. Mokuma
P. Mokuma
3 goals

HJS Akatemia missing players

EPS missing players

HJS Akatemia EPS
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 0 Played P 2 7 15
6 4 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
22 14 0 Scored S 0 7 17
22 13 0 Conceded C 2 10 17
93% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 87%
64% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 73%
64% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 33%
50% 83% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
21% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
43% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 47%
14% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 40%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 27%
 
5.3 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.2 5
6.8 6.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.7 5.3
1.9 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 10.8 8.8
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.5
33% 47% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 29%
 
11.7 13.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8 7.3
6.2 6.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3 2.9
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • All of HJS Akatemia's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • EPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • EPS have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Kakkonen
  • EPS have the most clean sheets (6) in Kakkonen
  • EPS have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Kakkonen
  • HJS Akatemia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • HJS Akatemia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Kakkonen
  • HJS Akatemia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jazz 16 8 5 3 40 25 8 4 3 1 19 11 8 4 2 2 21 14 15 29
2 I-Kissat 15 8 4 3 39 29 8 5 2 1 17 14 7 3 2 2 22 15 10 28
3 SalPa 16 9 1 6 33 28 8 6 0 2 22 13 8 3 1 4 11 15 5 28
4 Honka Akatemia 15 7 5 3 34 23 7 3 3 1 19 15 8 4 2 2 15 8 11 26
5 Klubi-04 15 7 4 4 35 29 7 6 1 0 21 8 8 1 3 4 14 21 6 25
6 Tampere United 15 7 2 6 26 24 8 4 1 3 17 13 7 3 1 3 9 11 2 23
7 MuSa 15 6 3 6 28 22 7 3 2 2 11 8 8 3 1 4 17 14 6 21
8 HJS Akatemia 14 6 2 6 22 22 6 4 0 2 14 13 8 2 2 4 8 9 0 20
9 EPS 15 5 4 6 17 17 8 4 2 2 10 7 7 1 2 4 7 10 0 19
10 GrIFK 14 5 3 6 22 22 7 3 1 3 9 9 7 2 2 3 13 13 0 18
11 VJS 15 5 2 8 23 28 8 5 2 1 16 9 7 0 0 7 7 19 -5 17
12 Ilves II 15 5 2 8 22 29 8 4 2 2 15 8 7 1 0 6 7 21 -7 17
13 KaaPo 16 1 1 14 12 55 8 0 0 8 4 31 8 1 1 6 8 24 -43 4

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.