PEPO will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind JIPPO.
It's no vacation for neither PEPO nor JIPPO 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.
PEPO form and stats
The story so far in the Kakkonen for PEPO at their home stadium (Kimpisen Urheilupuisto) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
PEPO's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus JIPPO. Heartbreak before that as PEPO lost 0-1 at Kiffen's place.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how PEPO have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 1.
PEPO have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kimpisen Urheilupuisto with 13 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, PEPO have conceded 11 goals.
JIPPO form and stats
Playing away, JIPPO have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 0 defeats in the Kakkonen this season. Things are running smoothly for JIPPO who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 18 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against VJS. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Kiffen game have they lost an away game, meaning JIPPO has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
JIPPO play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting PEPO. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against JäPS.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by JIPPO in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for JIPPO, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
JIPPO find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on JIPPO as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
PEPO and JIPPO have met before this season: PEPO - JIPPO 1-3. PEPO-JIPPO H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: PEPO 0 wins, JIPPO 3 wins, 1 draw. 2 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Obi 9 goals |   S. Saarenkunnas 4 goals |  M. Vainikainen 4 goals |
PEPO missing players
JIPPO missing players
| PEPO | JIPPO | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Scored | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 44% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Failed To Score | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 6.1 | 5.9 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | 3 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- JIPPO have not yet lost a game.
- JIPPO have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- PEPO have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PEPO haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 27-07-19 | | NJS | 0 - 2 | PEPO |
| 09-08-19 | | MiPK | 1 - 1 | PEPO |
| 18-08-19 | | PEPO | 4 - 0 | Viikingit |
| 22-08-19 | | Kiffen | 1 - 0 | PEPO |
| 29-08-19 | | PEPO | 1 - 3 | JIPPO |
| 07-09-19 | | PEPO | 12:00 | VJS |
| 12-09-19 | | MP | 15:30 | PEPO |
| 19-09-19 | | PEPO | 15:30 | Sudet |
| 28-09-19 | | Reipas | 12:00 | PEPO |
| 05-10-19 | | PEPO | 11:00 | JäPS |
| 28-07-19 | | Klubi-04 | 1 - 1 | JIPPO |
| 04-08-19 | | MP | 0 - 0 | JIPPO |
| 10-08-19 | | JIPPO | 4 - 1 | Sudet |
| 17-08-19 | | Reipas | 0 - 1 | JIPPO |
| 24-08-19 | | JIPPO | 0 - 0 | JäPS |
| 29-08-19 | | PEPO | 1 - 3 | JIPPO |
| 14-09-19 | | JIPPO | 14:00 | NJS |
| 22-09-19 | | VJS | 12:00 | JIPPO |
| 28-09-19 | | JIPPO | 12:00 | MiPK |
| 05-10-19 | | Viikingit | 11:00 | JIPPO |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | MP | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 39 |
| 2 | JIPPO | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | JäPS | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Viikingit | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 5 | Reipas | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Klubi-04 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | NJS | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | PEPO | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | MiPK | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Kiffen | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -13 | 19 |
| 11 | VJS | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Sudet | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 22 | -34 | 6 |