Another action-packed game in Kakkonen as PIF entertain SalPa

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pajbackan kenttä (1000 seats)

Get ready for a show! The leading antagonists are PIF and SalPa, a win is the prize and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • PIF have the most scored goals (34) in Kakkonen
  • SalPa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Kakkonen

It's no vacation for neither PIF nor SalPa 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.

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PIF form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 8 Kakkonen games here at Pajbackan kenttä for PIF. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ever since the HJS Akatemia game PIF has been unbeatable here at Pajbackan kenttä producing five straight wins.

The PIF goalkeeper Arnold Uschanoff is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 296 minutes without conceding a goal in the Kakkonen.

Happy days for PIF in their previous game, a Kakkonen match away at EPS (placed 11th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, PIF played a great game against EPS and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, PIF had a home game versus Honka Akatemia which ended with a victory 1-0.

PIF are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (22 goals in 8 games). PIF have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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SalPa form and stats

The SalPa goalkeeper Joni Rahila is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 265 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

SalPa won their last game, 2-0 versus Honka Akatemia played at home.

Prior to that result SalPa won their away game at KaaPo. The scoreline was 2-0.

SalPa have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

SalPa - PIF 1-1 was the result in these sides' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: zero - five - one (PIF wins - draws - SalPa wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PIFG. Voca
G. Voca
9 goals
PIFS. Babawo
S. Babawo
8 goals
PIFV. Johansson
V. Johansson
5 goals

PIF missing players

SalPa missing players

PIF SalPa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 2 7 15
10 6 0 Won W 1 4 7
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
34 22 2 Scored S 2 9 22
19 9 2 Conceded C 1 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 93%
93% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 87%
73% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 40%
47% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
20% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
40% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 47%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 40%
20% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 20%
 
5.7 6.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 5
5.4 4.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.1 5.6
1.7 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9 12.3 10.7
4.8 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.9 5.3
47% 55% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 22% 28%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • PIF have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PIF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • PIF have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SalPa have scored away.
  • PIF have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Kakkonen
  • PIF have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Kakkonen
  • PIF have the most points (19) at home in Kakkonen
  • PIF have the most scored goals (22) at home in Kakkonen
  • PIF have the most scored goals (34) in Kakkonen
  • PIF have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Kakkonen
  • PIF have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Kakkonen
  • PIF have the the best goal difference (+15) in Kakkonen
  • PIF haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PIF is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • SalPa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SalPa have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Kakkonen
  • SalPa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Kakkonen
  • SalPa have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Kakkonen
  • SalPa have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Kakkonen

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PIF 15 10 2 3 34 19 8 6 1 1 22 9 7 4 1 2 12 10 15 32
2 Jazz 16 8 5 3 28 16 9 5 2 2 17 8 7 3 3 1 11 8 12 29
3 HJS Akatemia 17 7 6 4 29 27 8 3 4 1 17 13 9 4 2 3 12 14 2 27
4 SalPa 15 7 4 4 22 13 8 3 3 2 13 7 7 4 1 2 9 6 9 25
5 GrIFK 15 7 2 6 26 23 7 2 1 4 8 12 8 5 1 2 18 11 3 23
6 KaaPo 15 6 3 6 24 17 9 3 1 5 13 10 6 3 2 1 11 7 7 21
7 Honka Akatemia 13 6 2 5 17 12 5 3 0 2 10 4 8 3 2 3 7 8 5 20
8 I-Kissat 16 4 7 5 30 29 9 2 4 3 15 14 7 2 3 2 15 15 1 19
9 VJS 15 5 2 8 18 28 6 2 1 3 6 11 9 3 1 5 12 17 -10 17
10 Ilves II 15 4 3 8 21 32 7 2 1 4 12 17 8 2 2 4 9 15 -11 15
11 EPS 15 3 4 8 17 25 8 2 1 5 11 15 7 1 3 3 6 10 -8 13
12 TPV 15 2 4 9 15 40 7 1 3 3 5 12 8 1 1 6 10 28 -25 10

Read more about Kakkonen

Kakkonen is the third highest level of football in Finland. It is divided into three groups based on geographical areas, each with twelve teams. Each club plays the others in the group twice for a total of 22 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams in each division then enter a promotion playoff.