A total of 15 matches are finished and RoPS are 10 points ahead of OTP. What will happen?
- RoPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- OTP have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Kakkonen
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.
RoPS form and stats
The overall Kakkonen stats playing at home this season for RoPS are 3-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
RoPS are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 196 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Olabisi).
The regulars are hoping that RoPS will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against JS Hercules (placed 5th). RoPS were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that game, the home loss against OLS with the scoreline 0-1.RoPS are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 8 matches. RoPS have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
OTP form and stats
As the visiting team in Kakkonen matches, OTP have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
The attacking players of OTP have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 196 minutes.
OTP's previous game was their home loss versus Kraft (0-1).
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting VIFK's place.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far OTP have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by OTP in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head meeting ended OTP - RoPS 0-1, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Venäläinen 12 goals | A. Savolainen 6 goals | T. Lakela 4 goals |
RoPS missing players
OTP missing players
| RoPS | OTP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 29 | 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 73% |
| 60% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 53% | 62% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 60% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 20% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 20% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 9.9 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.6 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 47% | 49% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 21% |
| 12.4 | 10.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.1 | 8.9 |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
- OTP have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Kakkonen
- OTP have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- RoPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RoPS have scored at least twice as many goals at home as OTP have scored away.
- RoPS 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 | JJK | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 39 |
| 2 | VIFK | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Kraft | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | OLS | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | JS Hercules | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | RoPS | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Vaajakoski | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | GBK | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | KajHa | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | JBK | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 11 | OTP | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -12 | 11 |
| 12 | FC Komeetat | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -22 | 11 |
