Loyal fans at Pajbackan kenttä haven’t seen many wins this season, with PIF rotting in the 11th position. The visiting Ilves II will hope to defend their higher league place in this fixture.
- PIF have the fewest points (1) at home in Kakkonen
- Ilves II have scored in all their away matches so far.
PIF and Ilves II 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.
PIF form and stats
PIF have played three Kakkonen home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
PIF lost their last game at EPS (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
Before that, PIF drew at home versus Jazz.This is expected to be a close game, with PIF perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with PIF as a small favourite), we find 6 games. PIF has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
PIF has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. PIF have conceded 7 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Ilves II form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Ilves II playing as the away team in the Kakkonen this season.
Kyllönen, Bushara and Ojanen scored in Ilves II's previous match, the home game against P-Iirot that ended 3-0. Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Kyllönen and that is quite the accomplishment!
Prior to that result Ilves II won their away game at HJS Akatemia. The scoreline was 5-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Ilves II in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Ilves II, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Will there be lots of goals? This side have played 7 consecutive league games all featuring at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
Ilves have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous three meetings): PIF won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Ilves II got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Orava 3 goals | R. Väisänen 3 goals |
PIF missing players
Ilves II missing players
| PIF | Ilves II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 36% | 38% |
| 16.6 | 15.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 6.7 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
- All of Ilves II's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of PIF's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ilves II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ilves II have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ilves II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PIF have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- PIF have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- PIF have the fewest points (1) at home in Kakkonen
- PIF have yet to win a game at home.
- PIF 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 | Jazz | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampere United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | I-Kissat | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlantis | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Honka Akatemia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | GrIFK | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | EPS | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Ilves II | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | P-Iirot | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | HJS Akatemia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | PIF | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 4 |
| 12 | SexyPöxyt | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 4 |
