Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are JS Hercules and Vaajakoski, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- JS Hercules have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vaajakoski have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
6-5-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Vaajakoski when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 16 matches are 30-33 (scored/conceded).
JS Hercules form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Oulu-lehti Areena as JS Hercules have scored 13 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Kakkonen are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Oulu-lehti Areena after being equal after 90 minutes with OLS (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Kakkonen game ended 1-1.
Before that, Hercules had a home game versus OTP which ended with a victory 1-0.Goals decide football matches and JS Hercules are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. JS Hercules have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Vaajakoski form and stats
Having won their last three away games Vaajakoski has no reason to fear anyone.
189 minutes! That's how long the Vaajakoski goalkeeper Severi Ikaheimo and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Vaajakoski play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting GBK (placed 12th). As mentioned above, Vaajakoski was the only team on the pitch versus GBK in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting OLS.Vaajakoski has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. It's not easy to score on Vaajakoski as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Vaajakoski - JS Hercules 2-2. Last four meetings between the teams: JS Hercules won two, Vaajakoski won one and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Karjalainen 5 goals | M. Adeniran 3 goals |  M. Sarlin 3 goals |
JS Hercules missing players
Vaajakoski missing players
| JS Hercules | Vaajakoski | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 45% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 5 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.6 | 10 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 49% | 48% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 43% |
- 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.
- Vaajakoski have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Vaajakoski 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 | SJK Akatemia | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 25 |
| 2 | OTP | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | JS Hercules | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Vaajakoski | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | JBK | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 6 | JJK | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 7 | VIFK | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 8 | RoPS II | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | Kraft | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | PS Kemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | OLS | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Kemi City | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
| 12 | GBK | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -22 | 6 |