The Kakkonen season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between JS Hercules and Vaajakoski promises to be an interesting one.
JS Hercules and Vaajakoski should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Vaajakoski's home stadium. The visitors last 14 games on artifical turf have ended in 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses.
JS Hercules form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for JS Hercules's two home games in the Kakkonen so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Oulu-lehti Areena.
The Hercules fans got no joy from their last match, a Kakkonen game also here at Oulu-lehti Areena: A 1-2 defeat against JIPPO (placed 2nd). Before that match, a win away at VIFK.
JS Hercules has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Vaajakoski form and stats
Things could have gone better for Vaajakoski in their Kakkonen away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two away games in a row for Vaajakoski, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus JJK in the Kakkonen. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus JBK.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Vaajakoski has managed 4 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Hercules wins - draws - Vaajakoski wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sarlin 5 goals |  M. Adeniran 2 goals | P. Welling 2 goals |
JS Hercules missing players
Vaajakoski missing players
| JS Hercules | Vaajakoski | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 18 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 15 | 15 |
| 17 | 12 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| 35% | 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 64% |
- JS Hercules has the most matches under the total-line (3)
- JS Hercules has the most points from losing position (4)
- JS Hercules has the most scored goals in the second half (5)
| JS Hercules | Last season | Vaajakoski | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 49 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 45% | ||
| 41% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 86% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 5% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 18% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 218 | 111 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 239 | ||
| 96 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 123 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | GBK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | JIPPO | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | JJK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | JS Hercules | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | JBK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | PS Kemi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | RoPS II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Vaajakoski | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | OLS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | KuFu-98 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | VIFK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 12 | Kiisto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -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 | 56 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 42 | 54 |
| 2 | RoPS II | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 45 |
| 3 | KuFu-98 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 42 |
| 4 | JBK | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 5 | Vaajakoski | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 38 |
| 6 | GBK | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | OLS | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | VIFK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -13 | 29 |
| 9 | JS Hercules | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 31 | -9 | 27 |
| 10 | KajHa | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 17 |
| 11 | PK-37 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |
| 12 | VPS II | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 34 | -57 | 6 |