It's still early in the Kakkonen season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Vaajakoski - Kraft preview!
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 form and stats
Only two Kakkonen home games for Vaajakoski so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager S. Okkonen led his Vaajakoski to a defeat in the Kakkonen match away at RoPS II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vaajakosken urheilukenttä.
Before that, Vaajakoski drew at home versus JS Hercules.Vaajakoski has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Kraft form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Kraft go into this game after a win, the home game against OLS that ended 4-1.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against OTP wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.Kraft have the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Huisman 1 goals | M. Sarlin 1 goals |  M. Omić 1 goals |
Vaajakoski missing players
Kraft missing players
| Vaajakoski | Kraft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 45% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| Vaajakoski | Last season | Kraft | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 26 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 59% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 25% | ||
| 65% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 75% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 5% | ||
| 18% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 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 | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 41% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RoPS II | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | SJK Akatemia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | OTP | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | JS Hercules | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Vaajakoski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | JBK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | JJK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Kraft | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | PS Kemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | VIFK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | OLS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | Kemi City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | GBK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 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 |