Vaajakoski oppose JS Hercules for kudos and sporting success.
- Vaajakoski have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Kakkonen
- JS Hercules have the most conceded goals (11) in Kakkonen
It should be mentioned that JS Hercules play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for JS Hercules on grass are 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 19-19. You can compare this with overall results below.
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.
Vaajakoski form and stats
Vaajakoski's first Kakkonen home game here at Vaajakosken urheilukenttä ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 11 matches.
A good away victory last time out for Vaajakoski, who won 3-0 against Kraft (placed 10th).
Ahead of that match, Vaajakoski lost 1-2 at home to RoPS.Early season league goal statistics from Vaajakoski's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 2 conceded.
JS Hercules form and stats
It's not happening yet for JS Hercules on their Kakkonen travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Impressive finishing from Bohui and Kurvinen secured the home win 2-1 against TP-47 in their previous game. Kurvinen came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against TP-47 last time out, making the manager Jansson feel like a tactical genius.
A 0-1 defeat away at KuPS Ak. before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, JS Hercules has managed {1 goals} and let in 9 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous seven meetings between these teams: Vaajakoski won two, JS Hercules were winners in four and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sarlin 3 goals | M. Sydänmaa 2 goals | H. Halonen 1 goals |
Vaajakoski missing players
JS Hercules missing players
| Vaajakoski | JS Hercules | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 9.5 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7 | 8.5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 70% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 17% | 31% |
| 3.8 | 2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 19.5 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 7.5 | 5 |
- JS Hercules have the most conceded goals (11) in Kakkonen
- JS Hercules have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Kakkonen
- JS Hercules have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Kakkonen
- JS Hercules have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Kakkonen
- Vaajakoski have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Kakkonen
- Vaajakoski have the fewest points (0) at home in Kakkonen
| Vaajakoski | Last season | JS Hercules | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Conceded | C | 22 | 30 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 14% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 59% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 8.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS Ak. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | GBK | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | OLS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | RoPS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Vaajakoski | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | JS Hercules | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 7 | JBK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | VIFK | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | OTP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Kraft | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Kuopion Elo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | TP-47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | JJK | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 38 | 55 |
| 2 | VIFK | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 48 |
| 3 | JS Hercules | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | OLS | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Kraft | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | RoPS | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | OTP | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Vaajakoski | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | GBK | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -12 | 23 |
| 10 | JBK | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 23 |
| 11 | KajHa | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -15 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Komeetat | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -36 | 15 |
