A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The HJS Akatemia fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and SalPa's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not SalPa's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf SalPa have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 21-19 (scored/conceded).
HJS Akatemia form and stats
HJS Akatemia have performed here at Kaurialan kenttä this season with 4 wins from 7 Kakkonen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. There’s a good atmosphere here at Kaurialan kenttä after three straight home wins.
In the preceding match a 5-3 victory visiting Atlantis.
Akatemia can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. HJS Akatemia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SalPa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
SalPa's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus KaaPo that finished 1-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Espoo with the score of 5-2.
SalPa create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 19 goals in 7 travels. As for defending, SalPa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: HJS Akatemia - SalPa 1-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one HJS Akatemia victory, one draw and two SalPa wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Huhtala 12 goals | O. Jakonen 11 goals | M. Louhela 4 goals |
HJS Akatemia missing players
SalPa missing players
| HJS Akatemia | SalPa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 30 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 29 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 32 |
| 94% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 62% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 69% |
| 50% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 38% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 57% | 44% |
| 50% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 31% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 182 | 97 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 69 | 142 |
| 95 | 50 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 36 | 71 |
| 32% | 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 53% | 38% |
- HJS Akatemia have not yet lost a game at home.
- SalPa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- SalPa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SalPa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Klubi-04 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 39 | 46 |
| 2 | Ilves II | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 34 |
| 3 | HJS Akatemia | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | PIF | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Atlantis | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | KaaPo | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | GrIFK | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 19 |
| 8 | Jazz | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | SalPa | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | TPV | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | FC Espoo | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 11 |
| 12 | P-Iirot | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | -29 | 8 |