The league table in Kakkonen tells a story about these teams so far, with Kiffen leading NJS by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Kiffen form and stats
Kiffen have played 7 Kakkonen games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Kiffen in their previous game, a Kakkonen match away at Reipas (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting JaPS.
The victory against Reipas came after S. Heiska's winning goal. The Kiffen manager M. Tukiainen was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 66th minute.
A decent goal production from Kiffen in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Kiffen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tali halli tekonurmi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
NJS form and stats
There's been little loot from NJS's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Kakkonen. NJS only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as NJS have lost on their last two travels.
NJS played 2-2 against JaPS in their previous match. A 1-2 loss hosting Viikingit before that.
The attacking power of NJS when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. For NJS, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Kiffen-NJS H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Kiffen zero wins, NJS one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Heiska 9 goals |  M. Salminen 9 goals | T. Lehtimäki 6 goals |
Kiffen missing players
NJS missing players
| Kiffen | NJS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | 11 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 44% | 29% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 75% |
| 19% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 6% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 50% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 69% |
| 38% | 29% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 176 | 83 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 57 | 139 |
| 70 | 29 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 30 | 72 |
| 36% | 38% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 20% | 29% |
- Kiffen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kiffen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NJS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- NJS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- NJS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PK-35 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 39 |
| 2 | PEPO | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 34 |
| 3 | Honka Akatemia | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Kiffen | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | JaPS | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | MiPK | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | EPS | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Reipas | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | PKKU | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | NJS | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 15 |
| 11 | Viikingit | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 24 | -36 | 12 |
| 12 | Kultsu | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 29 | -32 | 8 |