Kakkonen: JS Hercules believed to win home match vs Kraft

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oulu-lehti Areena (4000 seats)

Kraft have travelled here for an intriguing duel versus the home team JS Hercules. Read up on the game with this in-depth Kakkonen preview!

Insights:
  • JS Hercules have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Kakkonen

It should be mentioned that Kraft play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Kraft on artifical turf are 1 victory, 0 draws and 6 defeats from seven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 3-19. You can compare this with overall results below.

Both participants have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!

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JS Hercules form and stats

Perfect Kakkonen season at home so far for JS Hercules 2 wins from 2 appearances. Hopes of three in a row are alive for JS Hercules after consecutive victories at their own ground.

JS Hercules lost their last game at VIFK (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Hercules won a home game hosting OTP (1-0).

JS Hercules has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Kraft form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Kakkonen, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats from 11 matches.

Kraft's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus OLS that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Komeetat with the score of 2-0.

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

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the last eight meetings): Hercules won five games, one match ended in a draw and Kraft managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / one

Top Goalscorers

KraftJ. Åbonde
J. Åbonde
1 goals
KraftK. Peth
K. Peth
1 goals

JS Hercules missing players

Kraft missing players

JS Hercules Kraft
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 4 0 Scored S 0 2 5
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.3
4.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.3
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 11.3
3.3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 4.3
40% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 38%
 
8.3 5.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 9
4.7 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 2.7
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • JS Hercules have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Kakkonen
  • JS Hercules have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Kakkonen
  • JS Hercules have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Kakkonen
JS Hercules Last season Kraft
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
13 6   Won W   3 7
4 2   Drew D   0 2
5 3   Lost L   8 13
51 21   Scored S   11 33
23 7   Conceded C   30 48
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
73% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 91%
55% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 82%
41% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 50%
32% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 32%
50% 27%   BTTS BTTS   36% 50%
32% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 14%
18% 27%   Failed to Score F T   55% 36%
 
5.5 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   2.5 2.6
3.7 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.4
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.5 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   5.8 7.5
5.1 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2.8
45% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 49%
 
7.5 6.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14 12.4
3.6 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.8 5.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 JJK 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 10
2 VIFK 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
3 Kraft 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 7
4 JS Hercules 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
5 RoPS 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 5
6 KajHa 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
7 OLS 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
8 Vaajakoski 4 1 1 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 4
9 OTP 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 3
10 JBK 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 2
11 FC Komeetat 3 0 0 3 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -8 0
12 GBK 4 0 0 4 5 14 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 4 8 -9 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 SJK Akatemia 22 17 3 2 68 27 11 10 1 0 42 13 11 7 2 2 26 14 41 54
2 JJK 22 13 7 2 44 12 11 8 3 0 27 4 11 5 4 2 17 8 32 46
3 JS Hercules 22 13 4 5 51 23 11 6 2 3 21 7 11 7 2 2 30 16 28 43
4 Vaajakoski 22 11 7 4 32 18 11 5 5 1 19 10 11 6 2 3 13 8 14 40
5 OTP 22 10 5 7 43 30 11 6 2 3 22 11 11 4 3 4 21 19 13 35
6 JBK 22 9 3 10 36 48 11 7 2 2 22 13 11 2 1 8 14 35 -12 30
7 RoPS II 22 8 4 10 33 38 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 3 3 5 17 21 -5 28
8 OLS 22 7 6 9 33 36 11 3 3 5 16 16 11 4 3 4 17 20 -3 27
9 PS Kemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 VIFK 22 8 1 13 34 49 11 2 0 9 14 27 11 6 1 4 20 22 -15 25
10 Kraft 22 7 2 13 33 48 11 4 2 5 22 18 11 3 0 8 11 30 -15 23
11 GBK 22 3 5 14 20 56 11 1 3 7 12 33 11 2 2 7 8 23 -36 14
12 Kemi City 22 2 1 19 20 62 11 1 0 10 11 34 11 1 1 9 9 28 -42 7

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.