Football match betting preview: OTP vs Kemi City

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Oulu-lehti Areena (4000 seats)

Kakkonen: Top level against subpar, at least according to the table. OTP - Kemi City. Home win as expected or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • OTP have the most points from losing position (11) in Kakkonen
  • Kemi City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

This looks to be an engaging game with lots of action and bustle as both parties are well revitalized since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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OTP form and stats

OTP have been outstanding at home so far in the Kakkonen with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. After failing to beat JJK here at Oulu-lehti Areena, OTP has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

OTP's last game was hosting JBK (placed 6th) and winning 3-2.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Kraft and winning 2-0.

Goals are plentiful at Oulu-lehti Areena in the league this season as OTP has scored 16 goals here in 6 home games. Defensively OTP have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kemi City form and stats

Kemi City have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Kakkonen, after 1-0-5 (6 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Kemi City in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus VIFK.

Kemi City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 215 league minutes without a goal. V. Moilanen was the last player to find the net.

Kemi failed to get anything from their last game, a Kakkonen home match vs GBK (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-2.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against SJK Akatemia wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Kemi have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. For Kemi, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kemi City - OTP 1-2.

OTP missing players

Kemi City missing players

OTP Kemi City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
8 5 2 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 1 5 10
28 16 8 Scored S 0 7 12
12 3 0 Conceded C 1 12 26
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 83%
62% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
54% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 42%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 25%
46% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
46% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 42%
 
4.5 4.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 4.1
4.5 4.8 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7 6.4
2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.9 13.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.8 4.4
5.6 5.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.5 2.8
37% 46% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 36%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • Kemi City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kemi City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Kemi City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Kemi City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • OTP have not yet lost a game at home.
  • OTP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • OTP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • OTP have scored more than double the goals of Kemi City.
  • OTP have the most points from losing position (11) in Kakkonen

  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 14 10 2 2 50 22 7 6 1 0 30 10 7 4 1 2 20 12 28 32
2 OTP 13 8 3 2 28 12 6 5 1 0 16 3 7 3 2 2 12 9 16 27
3 JS Hercules 14 7 3 4 28 15 7 4 1 2 13 4 7 3 2 2 15 11 13 24
4 Vaajakoski 13 6 5 2 19 11 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 23
5 JJK 11 6 3 2 23 7 6 4 2 0 15 2 5 2 1 2 8 5 16 21
6 JBK 14 6 3 5 22 28 8 5 2 1 16 9 6 1 1 4 6 19 -6 21
7 OLS 14 4 4 6 17 21 6 2 2 2 8 6 8 2 2 4 9 15 -4 16
8 VIFK 12 5 1 6 18 27 6 2 0 4 9 12 6 3 1 2 9 15 -9 16
9 PS Kemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RoPS II 14 4 2 8 16 27 8 3 1 4 12 14 6 1 1 4 4 13 -11 14
10 Kraft 13 4 1 8 15 27 7 3 1 3 13 10 6 1 0 5 2 17 -12 13
11 GBK 14 2 3 9 9 34 6 1 1 4 5 17 8 1 2 5 4 17 -25 9
12 Kemi City 12 2 0 10 12 26 6 1 0 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 7 12 -14 6

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.