Football news and preview: Jazz favourites when EPS arrive

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Porin Stadion (12000 seats)

Jazz welcome EPS for another appealing Kakkonen game here at Porin Stadion.

Insights:
  • Jazz have the most points from losing position (5) in Kakkonen
  • EPS have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Kakkonen

It should be mentioned that EPS play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for EPS on grass are 3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 13-14. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's no vacation for neither Jazz nor EPS 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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Jazz form and stats

Jazz have only played one Kakkonen game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 11 matches. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Jazz.

Jazz drew their last game, also a home match. EPS (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

A 3-3 draw away before that, with VJS the opponent.

Early season league goal statistics from Jazz's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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EPS form and stats

Only one away game in the Kakkonen so far for EPS and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 4 losses from 11 travels.

The EPS goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 369 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Jazz (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs HJS Akatemia.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, EPS has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's four Jazz victories, zero draws and zero EPS wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JazzL. Dantas Firminho
L. Dantas Firminho
5 goals
EPSA. Hollmen
A. Hollmen
4 goals
JazzI. Söderlund
I. Söderlund
3 goals

Jazz missing players

EPS missing players

Jazz EPS
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 3 3 Scored S 0 2 4
7 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 0
75% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 25%
75% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
4.5 3.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4
3.2 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 5.8
1.2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 6.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 6
3.5 2.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1.5
64% 60% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 67%
 
8.8 7.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4 5.2
3.2 1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0.5 1.2
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • EPS have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Kakkonen
  • EPS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Kakkonen
  • EPS have the most clean sheets (3) in Kakkonen
  • Jazz have the most points from losing position (5) in Kakkonen
Jazz Last season EPS
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
10 6   Won W   3 6
6 3   Drew D   4 6
6 2   Lost L   4 10
41 23   Scored S   11 25
29 13   Conceded C   15 35
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
77% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 91%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 64%
41% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 23%
23% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
68% 64%   BTTS BTTS   55% 59%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 23%
18% 18%   Failed to Score F T   27% 27%
 
5 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.1
6.3 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 5.2
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.5 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.5
4.5 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.6
41% 51%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
10.4 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 11.3
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4.4

  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 6 3 2 1 11 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 7 5 5 11
2 EPS 3 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 9
3 Tampere United 4 2 1 1 10 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 7
4 VJS 4 2 1 1 8 4 3 2 1 0 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 7
5 SalPa 4 2 0 2 9 9 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 0 6
6 Jazz 3 1 2 0 9 7 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 6 6 2 5
7 GrIFK 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 4
8 Honka Akatemia 5 0 4 1 11 12 4 0 3 1 11 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
9 I-Kissat 4 1 1 2 9 12 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 5 7 -3 4
10 MuSa 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
11 Ilves II 3 1 0 2 5 11 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 3
12 KaaPo 4 1 0 3 3 11 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 1 3 5 -8 3
13 HJS Akatemia 3 0 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PIF 22 13 3 6 49 30 11 8 1 2 30 14 11 5 2 4 19 16 19 42
2 Honka Akatemia 22 11 6 5 33 18 11 5 4 2 17 8 11 6 2 3 16 10 15 39
3 Jazz 22 10 6 6 41 29 11 6 3 2 23 13 11 4 3 4 18 16 12 36
4 HJS Akatemia 22 9 8 5 38 36 11 5 4 2 24 20 11 4 4 3 14 16 2 35
5 KaaPo 22 9 6 7 36 25 11 5 1 5 16 11 11 4 5 2 20 14 11 33
6 SalPa 22 9 6 7 30 24 11 3 5 3 15 11 11 6 1 4 15 13 6 33
7 GrIFK 22 9 5 8 44 40 11 3 2 6 19 24 11 6 3 2 25 16 4 32
8 VJS 22 8 3 11 30 36 11 4 2 5 14 17 11 4 1 6 16 19 -6 27
9 Ilves II 22 7 4 11 34 44 11 5 2 4 20 20 11 2 2 7 14 24 -10 25
10 I-Kissat 22 5 9 8 36 40 11 3 4 4 18 19 11 2 5 4 18 21 -4 24
11 EPS 22 6 6 10 25 35 11 3 2 6 14 20 11 3 4 4 11 15 -10 24
12 TPV 22 3 4 15 22 61 11 2 3 6 9 22 11 1 1 9 13 39 -39 13

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.