There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with JS Hercules leading Kiisto by 25 points.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Kiisto have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-2-10 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
JS Hercules form and stats
15 points is a decent return from 7 Kakkonen games here at Oulu-lehti Areena for JS Hercules. The data says 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for JS Hercules after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 250 minutes.
The home team returns to Oulu-lehti Areena after being equal after 90 minutes with OLS (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Kakkonen game ended 0-0. Before that match, a win away at KuFu-98.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Hercules's attacking play is working. 7 goals have been conceded.
Kiisto form and stats
There's been little loot from Kiisto's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Kakkonen. Kiisto, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Kakkonen, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Prior to that match, the Kiisto manager J. Westermark faced defeat when travelling to JBK and losing 2-3.
Kiisto are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Kiisto have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Welling 9 goals |  R. Jääskä 9 goals | M. Adeniran 7 goals |
JS Hercules missing players
Kiisto missing players
| JS Hercules | Kiisto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 28 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 50% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 25% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 25% | 19% |
| 56% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 131 | 65 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 45 | 97 |
| 72 | 36 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 23 | 39 |
| 39% | 42% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | 31% |
- All of JS Hercules's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- JS Hercules has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Kakkonen
- JS Hercules has the most matches under the total-line (11) in Kakkonen
- JS Hercules have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- JS Hercules have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- JS Hercules haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- JS Hercules is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Kiisto has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Kakkonen
- Kiisto has the fewest scored goals (14) in Kakkonen
- Kiisto has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Kakkonen
- Kiisto has the most conceded goals (34) in Kakkonen
- Kiisto has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Kakkonen
- Kiisto has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Kakkonen
- Kiisto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kiisto 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 | JIPPO | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 37 |
| 2 | JS Hercules | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | RoPS II | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | JBK | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | JJK | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Vaajakoski | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | KuFu-98 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | PS Kemi | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | OLS | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | GBK | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | VIFK | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 12 | Kiisto | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -20 | 8 |