With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Kakkonen game of the season. Vaajakoski look forward to welcoming JS Hercules in front of their home support.
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.
Vaajakoski's stadium, Vaajakosken urheilukenttä, has a grass surface. JS Hercules have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for JS Hercules when playing on grass; 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 26 goals in these games and conceded 30.
Vaajakoski form and stats
Last season, Vaajakoski's league statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Kakkonen. Over these 17 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Vaajakoski managed 5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 12 conceded. The hosts won their first Kakkonen game here at Vaajakosken urheilukenttä, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Vaajakoski last season were 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from 9 games.
A nice win for Vaajakoski last time playing, versus GBK. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting KuFu-98 and winning 2-0.
At Vaajakosken urheilukenttä, Vaajakoski has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
JS Hercules form and stats
Let's have a look at how JS Hercules performed last season in the Kakkonen: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 13/8 goals scored/conceded.
Hercules failed to get anything from their last game, a Kakkonen home match vs OLS (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Kiisto.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Vaajakoski, zero draws and two wins for JS Hercules. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Vaajakoski missing players
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| Vaajakoski | JS Hercules | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Vaajakoski | Last season | JS Hercules | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 53% | ||
| 59% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 12% | ||
| 65% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 59% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 35% | ||
| 18% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 41% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vaajakoski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | JBK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | OLS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | OTP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | RoPS II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | SJK Akatemia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | JS Hercules | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | GBK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JIPPO | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | JS Hercules | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | RoPS II | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | JBK | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | KuFu-98 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 26 |
| 6 | JJK | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Vaajakoski | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | PS Kemi | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | GBK | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | VIFK | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | OLS | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Kiisto | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -21 | 8 |