The Kakkonen league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. PIF and GrIFK are placed 4th and 12th respectively.
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!
PIF form and stats
The first Kakkonen game here at Pajbackan kenttä resulted in a draw. Last season PIF's home game statistics were 2 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 13 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for PIF, who played 1-1 against Atlantis. That match was also played at this venue (Pajbackan kenttä). A strong away win before that one, visiting P-Iirot and winning 1-0.
Early season league goal statistics from PIF's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
GrIFK form and stats
GrIFK have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Kakkonen were 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 11 fixtures.
GrIFK might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. HJS Akatemia proved too strong as GrIFK slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Keskuskenttä, Kuopio (Kuopio). Preceding that game, the 1-6 loss visiting Ilves II's place.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, GrIFK has managed 1 goal and let in 6 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): PIF one win, zero draws and GrIFK one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Langhoff 3 goals |   M. Lahti 1 goals | G. Voca 1 goals |
PIF missing players
GrIFK missing players
| PIF | GrIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| PIF | Last season | GrIFK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 47 | 20 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 50% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 50% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 86% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 9% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 9% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 187 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 84 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ilves II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Atlantis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | HJS Akatemia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | PIF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Klubi-04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | SalPa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | TPV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | KaaPo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | P-Iirot | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Jazz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | FC Espoo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | GrIFK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 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 | TPV | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | SalPa | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 27 | 51 |
| 3 | PoPa | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 64 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 32 | 46 |
| 4 | KaaPo | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | Espoo | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 39 |
| 6 | P-Iirot | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | VG-62 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 8 | EIF | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 31 |
| 9 | MaPS Masku | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -9 | 30 |
| 10 | SoVo | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 35 | -15 | 30 |
| 11 | GrIFK | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -13 | 28 |
| 12 | TKT | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | PIF | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | -23 | 23 |
| 14 | PS-44 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 44 | -56 | 16 |
| 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 | Gnistan | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 35 | 55 |
| 2 | KaaPo | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | Ilves II | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | FC Espoo | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | SalPa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Honka Akatemia | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | P-Iirot | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Jazz | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 27 | -12 | 30 |
| 9 | GrIFK | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 10 | EPS | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 11 | KaPa | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 22 |
| 12 | Tampere United | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -33 | 11 |