JS Hercules vs KuPS Ak.: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oulu-lehti Areena (4000 seats)

JS Hercules have struggled for points this league season. Can they get something when KuPS Ak. come to visit Oulu-lehti Areena?

Insights:
  • JS Hercules have the most conceded goals (30) in Kakkonen
  • KuPS Ak. have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Kakkonen

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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JS Hercules form and stats

Overall Kakkonen results at home this season for JS Hercules are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). When JS Hercules hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RoPS, OLS and GBK), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on JS Hercules to get some points in this home game.

Hercules faced defeat in their previous match, away at OTP (1-3).

Heartbreak before that as JS Hercules lost 0-2 at VIFK's place.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league games with this side has contained at least three goals.

Goals decide football matches and JS Hercules are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. Hercules have conceded 9 from these games. When JS Hercules hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like JBK, Kuopion Elo and TP-47), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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KuPS Ak. form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of KuPS Ak. playing as the away team in the Kakkonen this season.

KuPS Ak. had fun at their own home (Oulu-lehti Areena) last time out, beating Kraft 3-0. Tuunanen, Joseph and Daldum scored.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting RoPS.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The latest past match featuring both these squads is the KuPS Ak. - JS Hercules 1-0 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

JS HerculesJ. Vääräniemi
J. Vääräniemi
4 goals
HerculesJ. Kurvinen
J. Kurvinen
4 goals
JS HerculesD. Kocol
D. Kocol
3 goals

JS Hercules missing players

KuPS Ak. missing players

JS Hercules KuPS Ak.
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 5 12
3 3 1 Won W 1 1 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 1 1 Lost L 0 2 2
15 12 5 Scored S 2 4 20
30 9 4 Conceded C 1 10 13
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 42%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
33% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 42%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 42%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 25%
 
3.8 2.6 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 12 5.8 5.1
6.2 6 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 3.7
2.2 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.5 8.6 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17 8.6 9.5
4.2 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3 3.8
29% 52% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 44%
 
13.3 10.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 6 10.2 8.9
5.1 4.6 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.4 3.8
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • All of JS Hercules's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of KuPS Ak.'s away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • JS Hercules have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • JS Hercules have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • JS Hercules have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • JS Hercules have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KuPS Ak. have scored away.
  • JS Hercules have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • JS Hercules have the most conceded goals (30) in Kakkonen
  • JS Hercules have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Kakkonen
  • JS Hercules have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Kakkonen
  • JS Hercules have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • JS Hercules haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • JS Hercules is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • KuPS Ak. have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • KuPS Ak. have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • KuPS Ak. have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Kakkonen
  • KuPS Ak. have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Kakkonen
  • KuPS Ak. haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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

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.