JS Hercules vs Kraft pre-match betting guide

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

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The JS Hercules fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Kraft's 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • JS Hercules have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kraft have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Kakkonen

Both parties have had plenty of rest since their previous game. Let's look for an in-your-face game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Kraft 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 4-7-13 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.

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JS Hercules form and stats

Overall Kakkonen statistics at home this season for JS Hercules are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

JS Hercules are returning here after visiting RoPS II in a Kakkonen game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. K. Kemilä and H. Seikkala scored the goal(s).

In the game before, an away victory match versus GBK with a 5-1 scoreline.

The JS Hercules fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. JS Hercules have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kraft form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kraft so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose).

Kraft played 2-2 against Vaajakoski in their previous match.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against OLS wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Goals are few and far between in Kraft's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Kraft concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved met each other earlier this match year: Kraft - Hercules 0-1. Last seven meetings featuring these parties: Hercules won four, Kraft were winners in two and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JS HerculesS. Karjalainen
S. Karjalainen
6 goals
KraftK. Böling
K. Böling
4 goals
HerculesK. Heinolainen
K. Heinolainen
3 goals

JS Hercules missing players

Kraft missing players

JS Hercules Kraft
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 6 13
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
28 13 7 Scored S 1 2 15
15 4 0 Conceded C 6 17 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
43% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 77%
36% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 38%
21% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 23%
36% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 38%
43% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
21% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 46%
 
4.9 4.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 2.5
3.4 2.9 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.5 6.8
2 2.1 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.6 8.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5 8
4.2 4.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 3.1
47% 41% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 13% 38%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • JS Hercules have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • JS Hercules have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kraft have scored away.
  • JS Hercules haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kraft have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Kraft have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kraft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kraft have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Kakkonen
  • Kraft 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 SJK Akatemia 14 10 2 2 50 22 7 6 1 0 30 10 7 4 1 2 20 12 28 32
2 OTP 13 8 3 2 28 12 6 5 1 0 16 3 7 3 2 2 12 9 16 27
3 JS Hercules 14 7 3 4 28 15 7 4 1 2 13 4 7 3 2 2 15 11 13 24
4 Vaajakoski 13 6 5 2 19 11 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 23
5 JJK 11 6 3 2 23 7 6 4 2 0 15 2 5 2 1 2 8 5 16 21
6 JBK 14 6 3 5 22 28 8 5 2 1 16 9 6 1 1 4 6 19 -6 21
7 OLS 14 4 4 6 17 21 6 2 2 2 8 6 8 2 2 4 9 15 -4 16
8 VIFK 12 5 1 6 18 27 6 2 0 4 9 12 6 3 1 2 9 15 -9 16
9 PS Kemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RoPS II 14 4 2 8 16 27 8 3 1 4 12 14 6 1 1 4 4 13 -11 14
10 Kraft 13 4 1 8 15 27 7 3 1 3 13 10 6 1 0 5 2 17 -12 13
11 GBK 14 2 3 9 9 34 6 1 1 4 5 17 8 1 2 5 4 17 -25 9
12 Kemi City 12 2 0 10 12 26 6 1 0 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 7 12 -14 6

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.