OLS vs RoPS II: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Mon 31.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Oulu-lehti Areena (4717 seats)

OLS hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 10 points and a 9th position in the Kakkonen table. Visiting RoPS II holds 6th place with 14 pts.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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OLS form and stats

1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Kakkonen numbers at home for OLS so far this season. OLS are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Oulu-lehti Areena, having lost their two previous games here.

OLS faced defeat in their previous match, away at PS Kemi (1-2). Before that match, a win away at RoPS II.

OLS are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the OLS defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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RoPS II form and stats

Playing away, RoPS II, who have the most scored goals (13) away in Kakkonen, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Kakkonen this season.

RoPS are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at JIPPO (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away victory against JS Hercules with the score of 2-0.

RoPS have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 13 goals from 6 away matches. RoPS's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was RoPS II - OLS 1-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): OLS two wins, zero draws and RoPS II one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OLSM. Juntunen
M. Juntunen
3 goals

OLS missing players

RoPS II missing players

OLS RoPS II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 6 10
3 1 0 Won W 1 3 4
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
12 5 1 Scored S 3 13 18
17 6 1 Conceded C 2 11 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 60%
44% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 60%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 30%
78% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 70%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
3.9 4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.8 5
5.3 3.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 7 6.6
2.2 2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
60 26 5 Total Shots T S 3 33 72
39 15 3 Shots on Target S O 3 19 32
31% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 58% 41%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • All of OLS's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of RoPS II's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OLS have scored in all their matches so far.
  • OLS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RoPS II has the most dropped points from leading position (8)
  • RoPS II has the most points from losing position (7)
  • RoPS II has the most scored goals (13) away
  • RoPS II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RoPS II have scored at least twice as many goals away as OLS have scored home.
  • RoPS II have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • RoPS II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • RoPS II 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 JIPPO 9 6 3 0 17 5 4 2 2 0 8 2 5 4 1 0 9 3 12 21
2 KuFu-98 10 6 1 3 24 21 5 3 1 1 13 8 5 3 0 2 11 13 3 19
3 JS Hercules 9 5 2 2 18 9 5 3 0 2 11 5 4 2 2 0 7 4 9 17
4 JBK 9 4 3 2 15 13 5 4 0 1 13 9 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 15
5 GBK 9 4 2 3 21 10 5 2 2 1 15 6 4 2 0 2 6 4 11 14
6 RoPS II 10 4 2 4 18 18 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 3 1 2 13 11 0 14
7 JJK 9 4 2 3 15 15 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 10 10 0 14
8 Vaajakoski 9 4 1 4 16 16 5 3 0 2 10 8 4 1 1 2 6 8 0 13
9 OLS 9 3 1 5 12 17 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 2 0 3 7 11 -5 10
10 PS Kemi 9 3 0 6 15 18 5 3 0 2 12 6 4 0 0 4 3 12 -3 9
11 VIFK 9 2 1 6 10 24 4 0 1 3 3 8 5 2 0 3 7 16 -14 7
12 Kiisto 9 1 0 8 6 21 5 1 0 4 4 13 4 0 0 4 2 8 -15 3

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.