Football betting preview: VIFK the probable winner when GBK come to town

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Competition: Finland Kakkonen
Competition: Wed 18.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elisa Stadion (4600 seats)

This has the looks of quite the absorbing contest at Elisa Stadion in the Kakkonen. VIFK is in 4th place and host GBK in 11th place. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • GBK have the most conceded goals (9) in Kakkonen

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 VIFK and GBK.

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VIFK form and stats

Only two Kakkonen home games for VIFK so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The VIFK goalkeeper Teemu Muurinen is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the Kakkonen.

VIFK's last game was hosting JS Hercules (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting OLS and winning 1-0.

The manager Peltonen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to OTP in only four days.

VIFK has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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GBK form and stats

GBK have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Kakkonen were 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 11 fixtures. Three has not been a lucky number for GBK as they have been defeated three times in a row since the OLS match.

GBK play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to OTP (placed 9th).

A loss against Vaajakoski was the result prior to that, in a home game.

A quick return to home after this game, as GBK are hosting KajHa in the Kakkonen only four days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, GBK has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these participants: VIFK won four, GBK were winners in five and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VIFKL. Etoka
L. Etoka
1 goals
GBKA. Hedman
A. Hedman
1 goals

VIFK missing players

GBK missing players

VIFK GBK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
2 1 0 Scored S 0 2 3
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
67% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2
5.3 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.3
1.3 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 12.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 8.7
5.7 7.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.3
12% 7% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 23%
 
8 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 15.7
2.7 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9 7
Key stats in Kakkonen this season:
  • GBK have the most conceded goals (9) in Kakkonen
  • GBK have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Kakkonen
VIFK Last season GBK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
8 2   Won W   2 3
1 0   Drew D   2 5
13 9   Lost L   7 14
34 14   Scored S   8 20
49 27   Conceded C   23 56
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 91%
68% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 64%
55% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 45%
27% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 27%
50% 64%   BTTS BTTS   27% 41%
23% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 14%
27% 36%   Failed to Score F T   55% 50%
 
3.9 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 3.7
5 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.4
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7.3 6.7   Shots (avg) S (   6 6.7
3.2 2.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.7
49% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 34%
 
10 11   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11.5
4.4 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.5 5.7

  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 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
2 Kraft 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 7
3 JS Hercules 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
4 VIFK 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
5 RoPS 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 5
6 KajHa 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
7 OLS 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
8 Vaajakoski 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 4
9 OTP 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 3
10 JBK 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 2
11 GBK 3 0 0 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 -6 0
12 FC Komeetat 3 0 0 3 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -8 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 SJK Akatemia 22 17 3 2 68 27 11 10 1 0 42 13 11 7 2 2 26 14 41 54
2 JJK 22 13 7 2 44 12 11 8 3 0 27 4 11 5 4 2 17 8 32 46
3 JS Hercules 22 13 4 5 51 23 11 6 2 3 21 7 11 7 2 2 30 16 28 43
4 Vaajakoski 22 11 7 4 32 18 11 5 5 1 19 10 11 6 2 3 13 8 14 40
5 OTP 22 10 5 7 43 30 11 6 2 3 22 11 11 4 3 4 21 19 13 35
6 JBK 22 9 3 10 36 48 11 7 2 2 22 13 11 2 1 8 14 35 -12 30
7 RoPS II 22 8 4 10 33 38 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 3 3 5 17 21 -5 28
8 OLS 22 7 6 9 33 36 11 3 3 5 16 16 11 4 3 4 17 20 -3 27
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 22 8 1 13 34 49 11 2 0 9 14 27 11 6 1 4 20 22 -15 25
10 Kraft 22 7 2 13 33 48 11 4 2 5 22 18 11 3 0 8 11 30 -15 23
11 GBK 22 3 5 14 20 56 11 1 3 7 12 33 11 2 2 7 8 23 -36 14
12 Kemi City 22 2 1 19 20 62 11 1 0 10 11 34 11 1 1 9 9 28 -42 7

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.