The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as PIF welcome EPS for the opening game at Pajbackan kenttä. Read on!
This stadium uses grass, unlike EPS's home stadium. The visitors last ten games on grass have ended in 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.
PIF form and stats
Last season, PIF's league statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Kakkonen. Over these 17 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 19. Playing at home last season PIF managed 4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 7 conceded.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for PIF as they are travelling to their away game against I-Kissat in the Kakkonen. That match is four days after this one.
PIF have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; PIF scored 0 goals and let in 4 goals during these one game.
EPS form and stats
Let's have a look at how EPS performed last season in the Kakkonen: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 12/12 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting GrIFK in just four days.
EPS played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match EPS scored 1 and conceded 5 goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() G. Voca 11 goals | ![]() J. Ahopelto 8 goals | ![]() E. Peltonen 7 goals |
PIF missing players
EPS missing players
| PIF | EPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PIF | Last season | EPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 65% | ||
| 41% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 53% | ||
| 29% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 35% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 12% | ||
| 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 59% | ||
| 29% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | EPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GrIFK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | HJS Akatemia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Honka Akatemia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | I-Kissat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ilves II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jazz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | KaaPo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | PIF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | SalPa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | TPV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | VJS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Klubi-04 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 42 | 49 |
| 2 | Ilves II | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | HJS Akatemia | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | PIF | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Atlantis | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | KaaPo | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | Jazz | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | GrIFK | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 19 |
| 9 | SalPa | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | TPV | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | FC Espoo | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 11 |
| 12 | P-Iirot | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 29 | -36 | 8 |