OTP will hope to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 2 points behind Vaajakoski.
- OTP have the most points from losing position (12) in Kakkonen
- Vaajakoski have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Kakkonen
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This arena has artifical turf, which is not Vaajakoski's normal surface at their own field. When appearing on artifical turf Vaajakoski have performed like this: Played 18 matches with the results 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats with the goal data 32-34 (scored/conceded).
Vaajakoski are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
OTP form and stats
OTP have performed here at Oulu-lehti Areena this season with 6 wins from 10 Kakkonen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
OTP are returning here after visiting OLS in a Kakkonen game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Alexander Jibrin, J. Falcon, Tomás Maldonado and C. Chukwu scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for OTP, with a total of 6 goals in the match against OLS. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against GBK.The OTP manager M. Galeano has got the team scoring with 22 from 10 home games in the league. OTP have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Vaajakoski form and stats
Playing away, Vaajakoski have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Kakkonen this season.
The Vaajakoski goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 201 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Vaajakoski go into this game after a win, the home game against VIFK that ended 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away victory against OLS with the score of 1-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vaajakoski have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Vaajakoski - OTP 0-2.Top Goalscorers
  C. Chukwu 8 goals |  M. Sarlin 7 goals | A. Ibiyomi 6 goals |
OTP missing players
Vaajakoski missing players
| OTP | Vaajakoski | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 43 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 29 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 95% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 57% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 38% |
| 33% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 43% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 15.3 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.4 | 11 |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 36% | 33% |
- OTP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- OTP have the most points from losing position (12) in Kakkonen
- Vaajakoski have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Kakkonen
- Vaajakoski haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | SJK Akatemia | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 51 |
| 2 | JJK | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | JS Hercules | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 40 |
| 4 | Vaajakoski | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 37 |
| 5 | OTP | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | JBK | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 31 | -8 | 30 |
| 7 | RoPS II | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 8 | OLS | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 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 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -12 | 25 |
| 10 | Kraft | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -17 | 20 |
| 11 | GBK | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -36 | 13 |
| 12 | Kemi City | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 28 | -40 | 7 |