VIFK will battle it out with JS Hercules in this Kakkonen game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!
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.
JS Hercules play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for JS Hercules when playing on grass are 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 31 times in these games.
VIFK form and stats
VIFK's first Kakkonen home game here at Elisa Stadion ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 11 matches.
The VIFK crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to JJK here at Elisa Stadion in a Kakkonen match. Before that match, a win away at VPS II.
A goal frenzy last time out for VIFK, with a total of 6 goals in the match against JJK. Fun stuff to watch!
Early season league goal statistics from VIFK's 1 home game: 2 goals, 4 conceded.
Last season, VIFK's league statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Kakkonen-LohkoC. Over these 22 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season VIFK managed 7-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 14 conceded.
JS Hercules form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Kakkonen away game of the season. During their previous season 11 away games resulted in 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Hercules are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Kakkonen against PS Kemi (placed 4th). A 1-1 draw at GBK's stadium before that.
It's early days yet, but JS Hercules has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for VIFK, two draws and three wins for JS Hercules. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Pitkäkangas 2 goals |  M. Adeniran 1 goals | P. Welling 1 goals |
VIFK missing players
JS Hercules missing players
| VIFK | JS Hercules | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 30% |
| VIFK | Last season | JS Hercules | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 31 | 49 | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 77% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 86% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 9% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 161 | 90 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 218 | ||
| 74 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 96 | ||
| 26% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JBK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | JS Hercules | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | JJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | PS Kemi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | RoPS II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Vaajakoski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | OLS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | GBK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | JIPPO | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | VIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | KuFu-98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Kiisto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 | 56 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 42 | 54 |
| 2 | RoPS II | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 45 |
| 3 | KuFu-98 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 42 |
| 4 | JBK | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 5 | Vaajakoski | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 38 |
| 6 | GBK | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | OLS | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | VIFK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -13 | 29 |
| 9 | JS Hercules | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 31 | -9 | 27 |
| 10 | KajHa | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 17 |
| 11 | PK-37 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |
| 12 | VPS II | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 34 | -57 | 6 |