It's advantage PEPO so far with their 2nd position in the Kakkonen table, welcoming Reipas who are placed 8th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Reipas have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-4-8 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
PEPO form and stats
PEPO are steadily winning Kakkonen games and points here at Kimpisen Urheilupuisto. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kimpisen Urheilupuisto.
PEPO enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kultsu's place. The match ended 4-0 with N. Veikkanen (2), J. Särkkä and M. Koistinen scoring. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kiffen in a game that was won 3-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, PEPO played a great game against Kultsu and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
PEPO has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, PEPO have conceded only 4 goals.
Reipas form and stats
Reipas have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Kakkonen, after 2-0-5 (7 played).
Reipas go into this game after a win, the home game against NJS that ended 4-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Honka Akatemia.
The attacking power of Reipas when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Reipas struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
PEPO and Reipas have met before this season: PEPO - Reipas 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): PEPO one win, two draws and Reipas one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Jokinen 5 goals |   M. Josimov 4 goals | M. Koistinen 4 goals |
PEPO missing players
Reipas missing players
| PEPO | Reipas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 24 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 79% |
| 50% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 64% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 50% | 43% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 64% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 149 | 80 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 71 | 167 |
| 65 | 32 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 35 | 84 |
| 34% | 31% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 17% | 31% |
- PEPO have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- PEPO is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Reipas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 | PK-35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | PEPO | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Honka Akatemia | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 4 | JaPS | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | MiPK | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Kiffen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | EPS | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Reipas | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | NJS | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 10 | PKKU | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 11 | Kultsu | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -25 | 7 |
| 12 | Viikingit | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | -29 | 6 |