PKKU vs PEPO: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kalevan Urheilupuisto nurmi (500 seats)

Struggling PKKU will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying PEPO in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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!

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PKKU form and stats

PKKU's results here at Kalevan Urheilupuisto nurmi in the Kakkonen have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The PKKU goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the Kakkonen.

PKKU enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at EPS's place. The match ended 3-0 with R. Tiberi (2) and J. Nganbe scoring. Previous to that game, a home match hosting JäPS in a game that was won 2-0.

The manager R. Hakanpää will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Viikingit in only four days.

A decent goal production from PKKU in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. PKKU are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (15 from 7 played).

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PEPO form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. PEPO have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

PEPO's last game was the home draw against PK-35 (1-1). Before that, PEPO secured a home win against Reipas with the score 6-0.

PEPO have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 7 away matches. PEPO have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): PKKU won one game, one match ended with a draw and PEPO has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three

Top Goalscorers

PEPON. Veikkanen
N. Veikkanen
6 goals
PEPOM. Josimov
M. Josimov
5 goals
PKKUW. Haapiainen
W. Haapiainen
4 goals

PKKU missing players

PEPO missing players

PKKU PEPO
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 4 7 16
4 2 0 Won W 3 4 9
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
9 4 1 Lost L 1 2 3
20 11 3 Scored S 10 14 31
29 15 4 Conceded C 4 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 86% 75%
60% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 71% 50%
27% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 38%
20% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 19%
53% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 50%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 38%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 14% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.7 0.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
145 77 12 Total Shots T S 51 69 194
67 35 7 Shots on Target S O 27 33 94
30% 31% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 36% 31%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • All of PKKU's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • PEPO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PEPO have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PEPO haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • PEPO is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • PKKU has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Kakkonen
  • PKKU have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PKKU have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • PKKU 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 PK-35 16 11 3 2 38 10 8 8 0 0 26 2 8 3 3 2 12 8 28 36
2 PEPO 16 9 4 3 31 15 9 5 3 1 17 5 7 4 1 2 14 10 16 31
3 Kiffen 16 8 5 3 25 13 7 3 3 1 11 5 9 5 2 2 14 8 12 29
4 MiPK 16 8 4 4 32 28 8 3 2 3 17 18 8 5 2 1 15 10 4 28
5 JäPS 16 8 2 6 31 25 8 5 1 2 17 10 8 3 1 4 14 15 6 26
6 Honka Akatemia 15 7 4 4 26 13 8 4 1 3 11 6 7 3 3 1 15 7 13 25
7 EPS 15 6 5 4 20 17 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 3 3 2 11 9 3 23
8 Reipas 16 6 1 9 27 30 8 4 1 3 21 11 8 2 0 6 6 19 -3 19
9 NJS 16 4 3 9 21 32 9 3 3 3 15 15 7 1 0 6 6 17 -11 15
10 PKKU 15 4 2 9 20 29 7 2 1 4 11 15 8 2 1 5 9 14 -9 14
11 Viikingit 15 2 3 10 14 42 8 1 2 5 6 19 7 1 1 5 8 23 -28 9
12 Kultsu 16 2 2 12 19 50 7 2 0 5 8 21 9 0 2 7 11 29 -31 8

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.