Can Vaajakoski beat Kraft in Vaajakosken urheilukenttä clash?

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vaajakosken urheilukenttä (3000 seats)

This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, boom and bust leading to mid-table spots so far. Gear up for Vaajakoski - Kraft!

Insights:
  • Vaajakoski have the fewest points (4) at home in Kakkonen
  • Kraft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Vaajakoski can neither be promoted or relegated from Kakkonen. Kraft is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vaajakoski and Kraft.

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Vaajakoski form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Kakkonen this season. Vaajakoski have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Vaajakosken urheilukenttä. Vaajakoski are slowly digging their own grave here at Vaajakosken urheilukenttä with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts.

The Vaajakoski supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Vaajakosken urheilukenttä: A 2-4 defeat against Kraft (placed 5th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

In the game before, an away victory match versus VIFK with a 1-0 scoreline.

Vaajakoski aren't scoring a lot here at Vaajakosken urheilukenttä in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vaajakoski defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Kraft form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Kakkonen.

It's the second away game in a row for Kraft, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Vaajakoski (placed 7th) last time out. That win felt good as this side had gone four league rounds without victory. A bizarre game with lots of goals last time out for Kraft, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this match be as full of joy?

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs JBK.

The travelling fans enjoy Kraft's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Kraft have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought previously this season: Vaajakoski - Kraft 2-4. Pirttinen (Vaajakoski) was sent off by the referee when these teams last met. Vaajakoski-Kraft H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Vaajakoski one win, Kraft two wins, one draw. four of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

KraftS. Isanović
S. Isanović
11 goals
VaajakoskiM. Sarlin
M. Sarlin
8 goals
VaajakoskiA. Lemarie
A. Lemarie
4 goals

Vaajakoski missing players

Kraft missing players

Vaajakoski Kraft
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
6 0 0 Won W 0 5 9
5 4 1 Drew D 0 1 5
9 6 1 Lost L 2 4 6
25 9 3 Scored S 0 15 29
30 18 5 Conceded C 5 17 26
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
75% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
50% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 70% 50%
30% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 25%
15% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 30% 30%
 
4.8 5.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.1 3.7
5 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.9 5
2.2 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 9.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.8 8.8
3.8 2.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.8
32% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 41%
 
9.8 9.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 15 12.8
5 4.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.2 4.5
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • Kraft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kraft haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vaajakoski have the fewest points (4) at home in Kakkonen
  • Vaajakoski have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Kakkonen
  • Vaajakoski have yet to win a game at home.

  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 19 16 3 0 48 12 9 7 2 0 25 4 10 9 1 0 23 8 36 51
2 VIFK 20 13 3 4 32 18 10 7 1 2 18 6 10 6 2 2 14 12 14 42
3 OLS 20 10 3 7 34 21 10 4 1 5 16 13 10 6 2 2 18 8 13 33
4 JS Hercules 20 10 3 7 33 23 10 7 1 2 21 7 10 3 2 5 12 16 10 33
5 Kraft 20 9 5 6 29 26 10 4 4 2 14 9 10 5 1 4 15 17 3 32
6 RoPS 20 7 7 6 34 29 10 5 4 1 24 13 10 2 3 5 10 16 5 28
7 Vaajakoski 20 6 5 9 25 30 10 0 4 6 9 18 10 6 1 3 16 12 -5 23
8 GBK 20 6 5 9 32 40 10 4 2 4 16 16 10 2 3 5 16 24 -8 23
9 OTP 19 5 3 11 22 30 10 3 0 7 12 17 9 2 3 4 10 13 -8 18
10 KajHa 20 4 5 11 28 43 10 3 1 6 17 22 10 1 4 5 11 21 -15 17
11 JBK 20 4 5 11 20 36 10 2 2 6 12 17 10 2 3 5 8 19 -16 17
12 FC Komeetat 20 4 3 13 15 44 10 2 3 5 9 17 10 2 0 8 6 27 -29 15

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.