Kakkonen match preview and statistics: SalPa fight GrIFK

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion (2500 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, SalPa in 7th and GrIFK in 8th place.

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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SalPa form and stats

0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what SalPa, who have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Kakkonen, have to build on here at Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion in the Kakkonen.

Happy days for SalPa in their previous game, a Kakkonen match away at PIF (placed 3rd) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Heartbreak before that as SalPa lost 1-2 at KaaPo's place.

SalPa has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. SalPa have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.

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GrIFK form and stats

0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for GrIFK, who have the most conceded goals (30) in Kakkonen, in their Kakkonen matches away.

GrIFK has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to FC Espoo for a Kakkonen game that ended a draw (2-2). Prior to that match, the GrIFK manager J. Europaeus faced defeat when travelling to Klubi-04 and losing 0-3.

The visiting GrIFK have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. The GrIFK defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (SalPa wins - draws - GrIFK wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SalPaO. Jakonen
O. Jakonen
7 goals
GrIFKD. Langhoff
D. Langhoff
7 goals
SalPaL. Laguerre
L. Laguerre
2 goals

SalPa missing players

GrIFK missing players

SalPa GrIFK
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 5 9
3 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
4 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
18 4 2 Scored S 0 5 16
23 15 3 Conceded C 0 17 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 80% 78%
56% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 44%
78% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 78%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
22% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 22%
 
3 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.4 3.9
8.8 7.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 5
2.8 2.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
77 32 13 Total Shots T S 0 45 99
41 16 8 Shots on Target S O 0 19 41
44% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 39%
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • All of GrIFK's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of SalPa's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • GrIFK has the most conceded goals (17) away
  • GrIFK has the most conceded goals (30)
  • GrIFK has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • GrIFK has the most conceded goals in the second half (16)
  • GrIFK has the the worst goal difference (-12) away
  • GrIFK has the the worst goal difference (-14)
  • GrIFK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • GrIFK have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • GrIFK have yet to win a game away.
  • GrIFK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SalPa has the fewest points (1) at home
  • SalPa has the most conceded goals (15) at home
  • SalPa has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home
  • SalPa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • SalPa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • SalPa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • SalPa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SalPa have yet to win a game at home.
  • SalPa 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 Klubi-04 9 8 1 0 32 8 4 3 1 0 9 2 5 5 0 0 23 6 24 25
2 Ilves II 8 7 1 0 28 8 4 4 0 0 14 3 4 3 1 0 14 5 20 22
3 PIF 9 4 3 2 14 10 4 1 2 1 7 4 5 3 1 1 7 6 4 15
4 HJS Akatemia 9 3 4 2 14 13 5 2 3 0 8 5 4 1 1 2 6 8 1 13
5 Atlantis 9 4 1 4 20 22 5 3 0 2 14 11 4 1 1 2 6 11 -2 13
6 KaaPo 9 3 3 3 16 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 4 1 2 1 6 6 1 12
7 SalPa 9 3 2 4 18 23 4 0 1 3 4 15 5 3 1 1 14 8 -5 11
8 GrIFK 9 2 2 5 16 30 4 2 0 2 11 13 5 0 2 3 5 17 -14 8
9 TPV 9 1 4 4 10 16 4 0 3 1 6 9 5 1 1 3 4 7 -6 7
10 FC Espoo 9 2 1 6 13 20 5 2 1 2 7 8 4 0 0 4 6 12 -7 7
11 Jazz 8 0 6 2 8 12 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 0 3 1 5 7 -4 6
12 P-Iirot 9 1 2 6 6 18 5 1 0 4 6 12 4 0 2 2 0 6 -12 5

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.