Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Jazz and EPS, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- Jazz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- EPS have the most clean sheets (4) in Kakkonen
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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 2 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from eleven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 16-18. You can compare this with overall results below.
Jazz form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Jazz have to build on here at Porin Stadion in the Kakkonen.
Jazz's last game was hosting VJS (placed 11th) and winning 3-1.
A strong away win before that one, visiting GrIFK and winning 4-2.The Jazz manager J. Uotinen has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded.
EPS form and stats
EPS are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Kakkonen, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
EPS go into this game after a win, the home game against TPV that ended 5-0. As mentioned above, EPS was the only team on the pitch versus TPV in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs SalPa.EPS has another fixture away, a Kakkonen game, against HJS Akatemia in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
EPS are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Jazz, zero draws and zero wins for EPS. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Lehtonen 3 goals | E. Ahde 3 goals |  A. Hollmen 3 goals |
Jazz missing players
EPS missing players
| Jazz | EPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 5 | 2.5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 5.7 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.9 | 6.2 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | 10.9 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 72% | 112% | 200% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 31% |
- EPS have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Kakkonen
- EPS have the most clean sheets (4) in Kakkonen
- EPS have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Jazz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jazz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as EPS have scored away.
- Jazz have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | PIF | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | HJS Akatemia | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Jazz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | EPS | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | GrIFK | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Honka Akatemia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | I-Kissat | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | KaaPo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | SalPa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | TPV | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 7 |
| 11 | VJS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Ilves II | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 2 |