Kakkonen preview: Can Reipas edge out victory against NJS?

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kisapuiston tekonurmi (1000 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Reipas fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against NJS.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike NJS's home stadium. The visitors last seven games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses.

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Reipas form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Kakkonen numbers at home for Reipas so far this season.

Reipas are returning here after visiting Honka Akatemia in a Kakkonen game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. J. Karjalainen scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 7-1 home victory against Kultsu.

The victory against Honka Akatemia came after J. Karjalainen's winning goal. The Reipas manager P. Järvinen was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 63rd minute.

Reipas are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Kisapuiston tekonurmi in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. Reipas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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NJS form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for NJS, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Kakkonen, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in NJS's previous match, a Kakkonen home game that ended 3-3 vs Kultsu (placed 11th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against PKKU.

NJS's last match (vs Kultsu) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 89th minute equalizer by S. Tammivuori. As you can tell from the result, the match against Kultsu was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The draw against Kultsu came from a losing position. The NJS manager T. Savukoski brought on S. Tammivuori as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

We have checked recent matches where NJS have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were one victory, zero draws and zero defeats.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The NJS manager T. Savukoski has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Reipas wins - draws - NJS wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Reipas missing players

NJS missing players

Reipas NJS
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 2 0 Lost L 2 5 7
22 16 7 Scored S 0 5 17
21 8 1 Conceded C 3 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 92%
62% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 69%
38% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 31%
31% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
62% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
23% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
154 83 25 Total Shots T S 14 47 95
76 41 15 Shots on Target S O 9 27 58
29% 39% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 29%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • NJS has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Kakkonen
  • NJS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • NJS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • NJS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reipas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Reipas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reipas have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NJS have scored away.
  • Reipas 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 13 10 1 2 30 8 7 7 0 0 20 2 6 3 1 2 10 6 22 31
2 PEPO 14 8 3 3 24 14 7 4 2 1 10 4 7 4 1 2 14 10 10 27
3 JäPS 13 8 1 4 29 18 7 5 1 1 17 7 6 3 0 3 12 11 11 25
4 MiPK 14 7 3 4 26 23 7 3 1 3 13 14 7 4 2 1 13 9 3 24
5 EPS 14 6 5 3 20 14 6 3 2 1 9 5 8 3 3 2 11 9 6 23
6 Honka Akatemia 13 6 4 3 20 11 7 4 1 2 10 4 6 2 3 1 10 7 9 22
7 Kiffen 13 6 4 3 19 11 6 3 2 1 10 4 7 3 2 2 9 7 8 22
8 Reipas 13 5 1 7 22 21 6 3 1 2 16 8 7 2 0 5 6 13 1 16
9 NJS 13 4 2 7 17 24 7 3 2 2 12 11 6 1 0 5 5 13 -7 14
10 PKKU 13 2 2 9 15 29 6 1 1 4 9 15 7 1 1 5 6 14 -14 8
11 Kultsu 14 2 1 11 15 40 7 2 0 5 8 21 7 0 1 6 7 19 -25 7
12 Viikingit 13 1 3 9 12 36 7 1 2 4 6 14 6 0 1 5 6 22 -24 6

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.