Tampere United have travelled here for an engaging battle against the home side PIF. Get smart on the match with this full Kakkonen preview!
- PIF have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Kakkonen
PIF's stadium, Pajbackan kenttä, has a grass surface. Tampere United have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Tampere United when playing on grass; 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from five matches. They have scored {10 goals} in these games and conceded 8.
It's no vacation for neither PIF nor Tampere United 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.
PIF form and stats
PIF's first Kakkonen home game here at Pajbackan kenttä ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 2 matches.
The followers hope that PIF will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Finland Cup fixture against Inter Turku II.
Heartbreak before that as PIF lost 1-4 at Atlantis's place.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 5 games. PIF has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
At Pajbackan kenttä, PIF has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Tampere United form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Kakkonen ended in defeat. Last season Tampere United had these away match statistics: Played 12; won 5, drew 2 and lost 5.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Finland Cup home defeat versus Inter Turku with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus P-Iirot in the Kakkonen.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Tampere United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Tampere United, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Tampere United has managed {1 goals} and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Nevä 2 goals |  T. Järvelä 2 goals | V. Pirhonen 1 goals |
PIF missing players
Tampere United missing players
| PIF | Tampere United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.7 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 10.3 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 25% | 17% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 14 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 7.3 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 2.7 |
- PIF have the fewest points (0) at home in Kakkonen
- PIF have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in Kakkonen
- PIF have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Kakkonen
| PIF | Last season | Tampere United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 61 | 29 | Conceded | C | 22 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 50% | ||
| 26% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 29% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 83% | ||
| 7% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 37% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | ||
| 12 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Honka Akatemia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | I-Kissat | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlantis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Tampere United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Jazz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 6 | P-Iirot | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Ilves II | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | EPS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | SexyPöxyt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | GrIFK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | PIF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | HJS Akatemia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 40 |
| 2 | MP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 36 |
| 3 | SJK Akatemia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | PK-35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -16 | 31 |
| 5 | PEPO | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -22 | 27 |
| 6 | PIF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -32 | 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 | SalPa | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 49 |
| 2 | Honka Akatemia | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 44 |
| 3 | I-Kissat | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 52 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | Klubi-04 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Jazz | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | GrIFK | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | HJS Akatemia | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 8 | Tampere United | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Ilves II | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | EPS | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 32 |
| 11 | MuSa | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | VJS | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | KaaPo | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 81 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 38 | -61 | 8 |
