RoPS II fights JS Hercules in Kakkonen fray

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä (4000 seats)

RoPS II have some catching up to do from their 9th, and the job starts against JS Hercules. Read more!

Insights:
  • RoPS II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • JS Hercules have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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RoPS II form and stats

Overall Kakkonen stats at home this season for RoPS II are 3-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). With RoPS having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager A. Tanner.

An away draw last time out for RoPS, facing Vaajakoski in a game that ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was the home game against OLS that was lost 1-3.

A decent goal production from RoPS in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. RoPS have conceded 12 from these games.

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JS Hercules form and stats

Playing away, JS Hercules have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Kakkonen this season.

Hercules play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting GBK (placed 11th). As you can tell from the results above, Hercules was very dominant against GBK, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with O. Haanpää, H. Mäkäräinen, S. Karjalainen and K. Heinolainen (2) providing the goals.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Vaajakoski.

JS Hercules have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 13 goals from 6 away matches. In the opposite end, Hercules have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: JS Hercules - RoPS II 1-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (RoPS wins - draws - JS Hercules wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JS HerculesS. Karjalainen
S. Karjalainen
6 goals
RoPSR. Degerman
R. Degerman
3 goals
RoPS IIR. Pietsalo
R. Pietsalo
3 goals

RoPS II missing players

JS Hercules missing players

RoPS II JS Hercules
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 6 13
4 3 0 Won W 2 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
7 3 2 Lost L 0 2 4
16 12 1 Scored S 6 13 26
25 12 6 Conceded C 1 11 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 62%
62% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 46%
38% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 38%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 23%
38% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 38%
31% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 38%
31% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 23%
 
6.5 7.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.8 4.9
5.1 4.7 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.7 3.2
1.2 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.5 10.9 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.2 9.5
4.2 5.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.1
30% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 62% 49%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • JS Hercules have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • JS Hercules haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RoPS II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • RoPS II 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 SJK Akatemia 13 9 2 2 49 22 6 5 1 0 29 10 7 4 1 2 20 12 27 29
2 OTP 13 8 3 2 28 12 6 5 1 0 16 3 7 3 2 2 12 9 16 27
3 Vaajakoski 12 6 4 2 17 9 6 2 3 1 8 6 6 4 1 1 9 3 8 22
4 JJK 11 6 3 2 23 7 6 4 2 0 15 2 5 2 1 2 8 5 16 21
5 JS Hercules 13 6 3 4 26 15 7 4 1 2 13 4 6 2 2 2 13 11 11 21
6 JBK 13 5 3 5 19 27 7 4 2 1 13 8 6 1 1 4 6 19 -8 18
7 OLS 13 4 4 5 16 18 6 2 2 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 8 12 -2 16
8 VIFK 12 5 1 6 18 27 6 2 0 4 9 12 6 3 1 2 9 15 -9 16
9 PS Kemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RoPS II 13 4 2 7 16 25 7 3 1 3 12 12 6 1 1 4 4 13 -9 14
10 Kraft 12 4 0 8 13 25 6 3 0 3 11 8 6 1 0 5 2 17 -12 12
11 GBK 13 2 3 8 9 33 6 1 1 4 5 17 7 1 2 4 4 16 -24 9
12 Kemi City 12 2 0 10 12 26 6 1 0 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 7 12 -14 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.