Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion: SalPa vs GrIFK Kakkonen preview

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion (2500 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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SalPa form and stats

SalPa have collected 16 points from their Kakkonen home games so far after 5-1-3. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion.

The SalPa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host FC Espoo in Kakkonen and win 2-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Gnistan.

SalPa are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 9 games). On the other hand, SalPa have conceded 12 goals.

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GrIFK form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for GrIFK so far with only 6 Kakkonen points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).

GrIFK delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against KaaPo (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Kakkonen game. A 1-5 defeat away at FC Espoo before that.

GrIFK have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. The GrIFK manager K. Kantola has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the GrIFK - SalPa 1-1 earlier this season. SalPa-GrIFK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: SalPa 3 wins, GrIFK 5 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

D. Langhoff
11 goals
S. Langhoff
9 goals

SalPa missing players

GrIFK missing players

SalPa GrIFK
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 1 Drew D 1 3 7
7 3 0 Lost L 2 5 8
38 23 10 Scored S 2 10 25
27 12 3 Conceded C 8 21 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 95%
74% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 63%
42% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 42%
21% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 21%
68% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 84%
26% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 11%
 
4.3 5.3 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3.6 4.4
4.9 4.6 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.6 5.1
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of SalPa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • GrIFK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • GrIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • GrIFK have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SalPa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SalPa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as GrIFK have scored away.
  • SalPa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • SalPa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SalPa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

SalPa
All Club Friendlies Kakkonen-LohkoB Kakkonen Kakkonen-LohkoC
All Home Away
27-07-19 KA SalPa 2 - 2 EPS
02-08-19 KA KaaPo 2 - 1 SalPa
09-08-19 KA SalPa 2 - 3 Honka Akatemia
17-08-19 KA Tampere United 0 - 2 SalPa
23-08-19 KA SalPa 2 - 0 P-Iirot
31-08-19 KA Gnistan 2 - 1 SalPa
14-09-19 KA SalPa 2 - 1 FC Espoo
21-09-19 KA SalPa 12:00 GrIFK
29-09-19 KA Ilves II 11:00 SalPa
05-10-19 KA SalPa 11:00 Jazz
GrIFK
All Finland Cup Ykkonen Kakkonen-LohkoB Kakkonen
All Home Away
30-07-19 KA GrIFK 2 - 1 Jazz
03-08-19 KA P-Iirot 0 - 0 GrIFK
11-08-19 KA GrIFK 2 - 0 KäPa
16-08-19 KA Gnistan 1 - 1 GrIFK
25-08-19 KA GrIFK 2 - 1 EPS
31-08-19 KA FC Espoo 5 - 1 GrIFK
15-09-19 KA GrIFK 3 - 3 KaaPo
21-09-19 KA SalPa 12:00 GrIFK
27-09-19 KA Honka Akatemia 15:30 GrIFK
05-10-19 KA GrIFK 11:00 Ilves II

  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 19 14 4 1 47 18 9 5 3 1 18 12 10 9 1 0 29 6 29 46
2 KaaPo 19 10 4 5 35 17 10 6 3 1 21 3 9 4 1 4 14 14 18 34
3 Ilves II 19 11 1 7 42 29 10 7 0 3 25 13 9 4 1 4 17 16 13 34
4 SalPa 19 9 3 7 38 27 9 5 1 3 23 12 10 4 2 4 15 15 11 30
5 FC Espoo 19 9 3 7 34 24 9 5 1 3 20 12 10 4 2 4 14 12 10 30
6 Honka Akatemia 19 8 6 5 30 25 9 4 2 3 16 14 10 4 4 2 14 11 5 30
7 P-Iirot 19 7 5 7 22 28 9 3 3 3 12 11 10 4 2 4 10 17 -6 26
8 Jazz 19 8 2 9 33 42 10 4 1 5 17 22 9 4 1 4 16 20 -9 26
9 GrIFK 19 4 7 8 25 39 10 3 4 3 15 18 9 1 3 5 10 21 -14 19
10 EPS 19 4 6 9 21 32 10 3 2 5 10 17 9 1 4 4 11 15 -11 18
11 KäPa 19 5 3 11 19 34 10 4 1 5 14 13 9 1 2 6 5 21 -15 18
12 Tampere United 19 2 2 15 14 45 9 1 2 6 6 16 10 1 0 9 8 29 -31 8

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