The standings shows that 2 points separate the pair of opponents in this Kakkonen fixture. Kraft carry both the points- and home ground advantage.
- Kraft have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- JS Hercules haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It should be mentioned that JS Hercules play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for JS Hercules on grass are 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from nine games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 17-19. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's no vacation for neither Kraft nor JS Hercules as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kraft form and stats
The complete Kakkonen statistics at home this season for Kraft are 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Kraft after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Kraft fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host JS Hercules and win 4-2. A goal frenzy last time out for Kraft, with a total of 6 goals in the match against JS Hercules. Fun stuff to watch!
Heartbreak before that as Kraft lost 0-3 at OLS's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kraft have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 1.
The Kraft fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kraft are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mosedal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
JS Hercules form and stats
There's been little loot from JS Hercules's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Kakkonen. JS Hercules only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Two away games in a row for Hercules, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Kraft. As you can tell from the result, the match against Kraft was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 0-2 loss hosting VIFK before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by JS Hercules in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for JS Hercules, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Hercules are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Kraft - JS Hercules 4-2. Data for the last ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Kraft, two draws and five wins for JS Hercules. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Vääräniemi 11 goals |  S. Isanović 7 goals | C. Bohui 4 goals |
Kraft missing players
JS Hercules missing players
| Kraft | JS Hercules | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 22 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 24 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 93% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 71% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 57% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 14% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 50% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 10.4 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 8.3 | 10.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| 42% | 37% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 11.7 | 9.4 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- JS Hercules haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kraft have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | JJK | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 33 |
| 2 | VIFK | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | OLS | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Kraft | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | JS Hercules | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | RoPS | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Vaajakoski | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | KajHa | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 13 |
| 9 | GBK | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | OTP | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 11 |
| 11 | JBK | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 12 | FC Komeetat | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -23 | 8 |
