It's advantage PIF so far with their 3rd position in the Kakkonen table, welcoming SalPa who are placed 7th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
PIF form and stats
PIF must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Kakkonen games here at Pajbackan kenttä.
PIF are returning here after visiting P-Iirot in a Kakkonen game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting KaaPo and winning 2-1.
PIF have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pajbackan kenttä with 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, PIF have only let in 1 goal at home.
SalPa form and stats
Playing away, SalPa have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Kakkonen this season.
SalPa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to KaaPo (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs HJS Akatemia.
SalPa create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 11 goals in 4 travels. SalPa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (PIF wins - draws - SalPa wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Peltonen 5 goals | O. Jakonen 5 goals | G. Voca 4 goals |
PIF missing players
SalPa missing players
| PIF | SalPa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 88% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 38% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 6 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5.4 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 88 | 35 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 27 | 59 |
| 36 | 19 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 17 | 33 |
| 33% | 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 65% | 45% |
- All of SalPa's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- PIF has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- PIF has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- PIF has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- PIF has the most matches under the total-line (5)
- PIF have not yet lost a game at home.
- SalPa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- SalPa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- SalPa have scored at least twice as many goals away as PIF have scored home.
- SalPa have scored in all their away matches so far.
- SalPa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SalPa 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 | Ilves II | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Klubi-04 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 22 |
| 3 | PIF | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Atlantis | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | HJS Akatemia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | KaaPo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | SalPa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 8 | GrIFK | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 9 | TPV | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | FC Espoo | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 11 | Jazz | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | P-Iirot | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 5 |