HJS Akatemia and Jazz regulars eagerly anticipate Kakkonen bout at Kaurialan kenttä

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Wed 24.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kaurialan kenttä (4000 seats)

Kakkonen: Two participants in good shape get together for this match. Jazz could have a slight upper hand with their 2nd spot in the league table?

Insights:
  • HJS Akatemia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the most scored goals (47) in Kakkonen

Jazz play their home games on grass, while this match will take place on artifical turf. Relevant data for Jazz when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 13 matches. They have managed to score 25 goals and conceded 26 times in these games.

It's no vacation for neither Akatemia nor Jazz as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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HJS Akatemia form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Kaurialan kenttä as HJS Akatemia have scored 18 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Kakkonen are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). HJS Akatemia has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Kaurialan kenttä. We remember; it was Tampere United.

HJS Akatemia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at I-Kissat's place. The match ended 2-1 with Raittinen (2) scoring. The score 2-1 has occurred to this team three times in a row!

Ahead of that match, Akatemia won a home game hosting GrIFK (2-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how HJS Akatemia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 11 of the 14 latest league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.

Akatemia are traveling soon after this match as the Kakkonen match at Honka Akatemia awaits in four days.

The HJS Akatemia manager Hakanen has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the HJS Akatemia defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Jazz form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Jazz playing as the away team in the Kakkonen this season. Jazz has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against SalPa.

Jazz have lots to remedy after their unpredictable loss (3-4) to Ilves II in their previous match, played at home. That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. A mental game with an abundance of goals last time out for Jazz, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this match be as full of joy?

Prior to that result Jazz won their away game at EPS. The scoreline was 4-3.

Jazz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this side's 14 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting I-Kissat in just four days.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 25 goals in 9 league games away this season. Jazz's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Jazz - HJS Akatemia 2-2 was the score in these contenders' latest head to head game, played this season. Last six meetings featuring these participants: Akatemia won one, Jazz triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JazzL. Dantas Firminho
L. Dantas Firminho
20 goals
HJS AkatemiaE. Raittinen
E. Raittinen
10 goals
JazzI. Söderlund
I. Söderlund
7 goals

HJS Akatemia missing players

Jazz missing players

HJS Akatemia Jazz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 1 9 18
9 6 2 Won W 1 5 9
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 5
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
28 18 8 Scored S 2 25 47
25 15 8 Conceded C 1 17 32
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 83%
41% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 56% 67%
18% 25% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 56% 44%
53% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 83%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 11%
41% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
5.4 6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.9 4.2
6.7 6.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.2 4.9
1.7 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.3 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.2 9.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11 11.8
4.2 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.1 5.3
35% 44% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 54% 50%
 
11.6 12.5 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15 10.1 10.9
5.8 6.1 6.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.4 4.6
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • All of HJS Akatemia's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Jazz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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.
  • Jazz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jazz have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Jazz have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the most points from losing position (19) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the most scored goals (47) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the the best goal difference (+15) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Kakkonen
  • Jazz 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 SalPa 18 11 1 6 39 28 9 7 0 2 26 13 9 4 1 4 13 15 11 34
2 Jazz 18 9 5 4 47 32 9 4 3 2 22 15 9 5 2 2 25 17 15 32
3 I-Kissat 18 9 4 5 43 35 9 5 2 2 18 16 9 4 2 3 25 19 8 31
4 Honka Akatemia 19 8 5 6 38 31 9 3 3 3 21 19 10 5 2 3 17 12 7 29
5 Klubi-04 19 8 5 6 40 36 10 7 2 1 26 14 9 1 3 5 14 22 4 29
6 HJS Akatemia 17 9 2 6 28 25 8 6 0 2 18 15 9 3 2 4 10 10 3 29
7 Tampere United 17 8 3 6 30 26 8 4 1 3 17 13 9 4 2 3 13 13 4 27
8 GrIFK 17 7 3 7 26 25 8 4 1 3 10 9 9 3 2 4 16 16 1 24
9 Ilves II 18 7 2 9 29 35 10 5 2 3 18 11 8 2 0 6 11 24 -6 23
10 EPS 18 6 4 8 23 24 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 2 2 5 10 13 -1 22
11 MuSa 17 6 3 8 31 27 8 3 2 3 13 11 9 3 1 5 18 16 4 21
12 VJS 17 5 2 10 26 34 9 5 2 2 16 11 8 0 0 8 10 23 -8 17
13 KaaPo 17 2 1 14 14 56 9 1 0 8 6 32 8 1 1 6 8 24 -42 7

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.