Battling PeKa cross their fingers to pull off a surprise win when they welcome top side Reipas in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home supporters will have so-so expectations.
- PeKa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reipas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
PeKa and Reipas 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 stadium has grass, which is not Reipas's familiar surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass Reipas have performed like this: Played 21 matches taking 5 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats with the goal data 32-35 (scored/conceded).
PeKa form and stats
When playing at home in the Kakkonen, PeKa have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. PeKa has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Nieminen and the players.
The PeKa fans got no joy from their last match, a Kakkonen game also here at Arto Tolsa Areena: A 1-2 defeat against PKKU (placed 9th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to PEPO (0-1).PeKa has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. PeKa have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Reipas form and stats
As the visiting team in Kakkonen matches, Reipas have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far.
Reipas play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting MiPK (placed 12th).
Prior to that match, the Reipas manager T. Kautonen faced defeat when travelling to KaPa and losing 0-2.Reipas find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Reipas have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders met previously this season; Reipas - PeKa 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  M. Verkko 6 goals | B. Köse 6 goals | T. Kult 5 goals |
PeKa missing players
Reipas missing players
| PeKa | Reipas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 34 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 79% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 42% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 61% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 63% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 22% | 21% |
| 22% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.4 | 10.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 38% | 46% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 26% |
- PeKa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reipas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reipas 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 | JaPS | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | PEPO | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 42 |
| 3 | Atlantis | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Reipas | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | NJS | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Kiffen | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
| 7 | KuFu-98 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | KaPa | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | PKKU | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | PeKa | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | MYPA | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -20 | 19 |
| 12 | MiPK | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | -37 | 12 |