It's match week two of the Kakkonen season and all to play for. Don't miss our in-depth preview of OTP-JJK!
JJK play their home matches on grass, while this game will be played on artifical turf. Up to date results for JJK when featuring on artifical turf are 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from twelve matches. They have managed to score 15 goals and conceded 19 times on these occasions.
It's no vacation for neither OTP nor JJK 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.
OTP form and stats
In the previous season, OTP's league statistics were 10 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, providing 5th spot in the Kolmonen. Over these 22 matches they scored 43 goals and gave away 30. Playing as the host team in the former season OTP managed 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 11 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Kakkonen game of the season here at Oulu-lehti Areena. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from OTP's 11 home games.
Chukwu was the last player to score a league goal for OTP and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as OTP haven't scored in 204 minutes.
The OTP followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Oulu-lehti Areena: A 0-3 defeat against JJK (placed 1st).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Vaajakoski (0-1).Early season league goal statistics from OTP's 1 home game: 0 goals, 3 conceded.
JJK form and stats
Let's have a look at how JJK performed last season in the Kakkonen: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 17/8 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Kakkonen, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 11 matches.
JJK have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 263 minutes since they last conceded in Kakkonen.
Two away matches in a row for JJK, whose manager Clark could celebrate last time after the win against OTP.
hometeam won
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, JJK has managed 3 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the squads met earlier this season; OTP - JJK 0-3. Statistics for the preceeding three meetings involving these two squads are: zero wins for OTP, one draw and two wins for JJK. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.OTP missing players
JJK missing players
| OTP | JJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| OTP | Last season | JJK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 45% | ||
| 55% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 55% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 18% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| 7.5 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | JS Hercules | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | OLS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kraft | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | KajHa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | JBK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | RoPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Vaajakoski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | VIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | FC Komeetat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | GBK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | OTP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | SJK Akatemia | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 68 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 41 | 54 |
| 2 | JJK | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 46 |
| 3 | JS Hercules | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 28 | 43 |
| 4 | Vaajakoski | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 40 |
| 5 | OTP | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | JBK | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 48 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 35 | -12 | 30 |
| 7 | RoPS II | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -5 | 28 |
| 8 | OLS | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | PS Kemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | VIFK | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -15 | 25 |
| 10 | Kraft | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -15 | 23 |
| 11 | GBK | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -36 | 14 |
| 12 | Kemi City | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 28 | -42 | 7 |
