Kakkonen fixture lowdown: KäPa versus NJS

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kumpulanlaakson tekonurmi (1000 seats)

Who will win when NJS visit KäPa? In this preview you'll find all the relevant information and statistics to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • KäPa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KäPa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NJS have scored away.

This could be an exciting match with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting NJS 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 3-1-6 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.

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KäPa form and stats

The Kakkonen statistics at home this season for KäPa are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for KäPa last time playing, versus PeKa. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-2 with J. Salmi, B. Mansaray and M. Ambasciano scoring for the victors. A goal frenzy last time out for KäPa, with a total of 6 goals in the match against PeKa. Fun stuff to watch!

Heartbreak before that as KäPa lost 1-2 at MYPA's place.

Goals are plentiful at Kumpulanlaakson tekonurmi in the league this season as KäPa has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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NJS form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

NJS won their last game, 6-0 versus MYPA played at home. As mentioned above, NJS was the only team on the pitch versus MYPA in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

Prior to that match, the NJS manager T. Savukoski faced defeat when travelling to PKKU and losing 1-3.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PKKU in just four days.

The visiting NJS have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, NJS have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported meeting involving both these parties is the NJS - KäPa 0-0 played previously this season. Data for the prior four meetings between these two teams are: three wins for KäPa, one draw and zero wins for NJS. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

NJSM. Salminen
M. Salminen
10 goals
NJSE. Sankkinen
E. Sankkinen
2 goals
NJSS. Tammivuori
S. Tammivuori
2 goals

KäPa missing players

NJS missing players

KäPa NJS
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 1 6 12
6 3 1 Won W 1 3 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
6 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
23 14 4 Scored S 1 6 19
16 8 2 Conceded C 0 8 18
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 83%
62% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 58%
31% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 33%
31% 60% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
54% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 33%
31% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 42%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
5.9 8.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 3.9
4.8 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 16 6.3 6.2
1.6 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 7.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.8 7.8
4.1 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 3.9
43% 58% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 35% 40%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • All of KäPa's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • KäPa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KäPa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NJS have scored away.
  • KäPa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • KäPa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • KäPa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • KäPa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • NJS 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 JäPS 15 11 1 3 41 21 7 5 1 1 20 9 8 6 0 2 21 12 20 34
2 Atlantis 12 8 2 2 29 13 5 3 1 1 9 3 7 5 1 1 20 10 16 26
3 PEPO 12 7 3 2 24 11 8 6 1 1 19 7 4 1 2 1 5 4 13 24
4 Reipas 12 6 3 3 19 16 7 4 2 1 11 8 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 21
5 KäPa 13 6 1 6 23 16 5 3 0 2 14 8 8 3 1 4 9 8 7 19
6 NJS 12 5 2 5 19 18 6 2 2 2 13 10 6 3 0 3 6 8 1 17
7 KuFu-98 13 4 3 6 24 18 6 4 0 2 18 5 7 0 3 4 6 13 6 15
8 PeKa 12 4 3 5 16 21 5 3 1 1 8 5 7 1 2 4 8 16 -5 15
9 MYPA 12 4 0 8 17 31 6 3 0 3 11 12 6 1 0 5 6 19 -14 12
10 MiPK 13 3 2 8 11 30 8 2 1 5 8 15 5 1 1 3 3 15 -19 11
11 Kiffen 10 3 1 6 12 26 5 1 1 3 7 11 5 2 0 3 5 15 -14 10
12 PKKU 12 2 1 9 11 25 6 1 1 4 4 11 6 1 0 5 7 14 -14 7

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.