It's fixture two of the Kakkonen season and important points to play for. Read our in-depth preview of KaaPo-EPS!
This arena has grass, unlike EPS's home arena. The last nine games by the guests on grass have generated 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
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.
KaaPo form and stats
The season before, KaaPo's league statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, providing 5th position in the Kakkonen. From these 22 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 25. Performing at home in the previous season KaaPo generated 5-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 11 conceded.
KaaPo are returning here after visiting Honka Akatemia and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Salminen and Kuusio (2) scored the goal(s).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for KaaPo home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, one draw and two defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Finland Cup game versus EIF in only four days. This game is also played here at Kaarinan KHT.
EPS form and stats
Let's have a look at how EPS performed last season in the Kakkonen: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 11/15 goals scored/conceded.
EPS have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Heikki Louhivaara. It's been 189 minutes since they last conceded in Kakkonen.
Impressive finishing from Hollmen secured the home win 1-0 against VJS in their previous game.
hometeam won We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where EPS played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two KaaPo victories, one draw and one EPS win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Kuusio 2 goals | J. Salminen 1 goals | A. Hollmen 1 goals |
KaaPo missing players
EPS missing players
| KaaPo | EPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| KaaPo | Last season | EPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 55% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 23% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 59% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 23% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 27% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Klubi-04 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | SalPa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ilves II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Jazz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | KaaPo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | EPS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Honka Akatemia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | MuSa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | HJS Akatemia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | VJS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | I-Kissat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | GrIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Tampere United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | PIF | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Honka Akatemia | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Jazz | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | HJS Akatemia | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 35 |
| 5 | KaaPo | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | SalPa | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | GrIFK | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | VJS | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Ilves II | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | I-Kissat | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | EPS | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 24 |
| 12 | TPV | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 39 | -39 | 13 |
