The league table tells us that 9 points split the two two sets of gladiators in this Kakkonen match. OTP have both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- OTP have the most points from losing position (12) in Kakkonen
- VIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
OTP and VIFK should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This pitch uses artifical turf, unlike VIFK's home ground. The former 26 games by the away side on artifical turf have resulted in 7 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses.
OTP form and stats
OTP have performed here at Oulu-lehti Areena this season with 5 wins from 7 Kakkonen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
In their previous game, the manager M. Galeano led his OTP to a defeat in the Kakkonen match away at SJK Akatemia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Oulu-lehti Areena.
Before that, OTP drew at home versus Kemi City.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for OTP as they are travelling to their away game against JJK in the Kakkonen. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and OTP are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 7 league matches. OTP are not conceding a lot of goals here at Oulu-lehti Areena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
VIFK form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Having won their last three away games VIFK has no reason to fear anyone.
Two travels in a row for VIFK, whose manager M. Peltonen could celebrate last time after the Kakkonen win against Kraft.
A loss against GBK was the result prior to that, in a home game.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the VIFK manager M. Peltonen as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kemi City.
The travelling fans enjoy VIFK's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. VIFK have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other already this season, with the match result VIFK - OTP 3-2 registered in the official records. OTP-VIFK H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: OTP zero wins, VIFK one win, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Chukwu 7 goals | A. Ibiyomi 6 goals |  F. Hiekkanen 5 goals |
OTP missing players
VIFK missing players
| OTP | VIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 31 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 20% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 47% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.9 | 13.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.4 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 34% | 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 43% | 53% |
- OTP have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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
- VIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VIFK 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 | SJK Akatemia | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 41 |
| 2 | JS Hercules | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | JJK | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 29 |
| 4 | OTP | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | Vaajakoski | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | JBK | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | OLS | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | VIFK | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 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 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Kraft | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -15 | 14 |
| 11 | GBK | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -27 | 12 |
| 12 | Kemi City | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -18 | 7 |