JBK want to sell many tickets for this fixture even though the season has been strenuous up to now with 10 points and a 11th position in the Kakkonen table. Opponents VIFK own 8th place with 14 pts.
- JBK have the fewest points (5) at home in Kakkonen
- VIFK have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Kakkonen
This pitch uses artifical turf, unlike VIFK's home stadium. The last nine games by the visitors on artifical turf have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
JBK form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Kakkonen this season. JBK have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Jakobstads Centralplan. With JBK having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Löf.
No payout for JBK in their previous match, an away game at OLS that ended in defeat 0-5. JBK were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that game, the home loss against GBK with the scoreline 1-2.It should be considered that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Goals decide football matches and JBK are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches.
VIFK form and stats
0-0-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for VIFK, who have the fewest points (0) away in Kakkonen, in their Kakkonen matches away. It's all red in the travel logs of VIFK, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
VIFK delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Kuopion Elo (placed 12th) in their previous game. It looked so good for VIFK vs Kuopion Elo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. As mentioned above, VIFK drew the match against Kuopion Elo. Manager Peltonen brought on Silvennoinen to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Before that, VIFK secured a home win against JS Hercules with the score 2-0.VIFK have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
VIFK have won all of the 5 most recent duels against this opponent. Something to take note of?VIFK - JBK 3-0 was the score in these sides' latest head to head fixture, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Kiuru 6 goals |  S. Xhosa 5 goals |  I. Löv 3 goals |
JBK missing players
VIFK missing players
| JBK | VIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 16 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 42% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 3.8 | 2.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 10.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 11 | 11.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 41% | 61% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 39% |
| 7 | 6.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
- All of JBK's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of VIFK's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- JBK have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- JBK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- JBK have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VIFK have scored away.
- JBK have the fewest points (5) at home in Kakkonen
- JBK have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Kakkonen
- JBK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- VIFK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VIFK have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- VIFK have lost all their away matches so far.
- VIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VIFK have the fewest points (0) away in Kakkonen
- VIFK have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Kakkonen
- VIFK 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 | OLS | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | KuPS Ak. | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | RoPS | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 20 |
| 4 | GBK | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -1 | 20 |
| 5 | Vaajakoski | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Kraft | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | OTP | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | VIFK | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | TP-47 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | JS Hercules | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -15 | 11 |
| 11 | JBK | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Kuopion Elo | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 9 |
