After the first games for these two it's VIFK - RoPS 1-1 in points. Who will prevail in this second Kakkonen match of the season?
This field uses grass, unlike RoPS's home ground. The last eight games by the away side on grass have seen 1 win, 5 draws and 2 losses.
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 RoPS.
VIFK form and stats
The season before, VIFK's league stats were 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses, results that produced 2nd position in the Kakkonen. Over these three matches they scored {45 goals} and conceded 23. Appearing as the home team in the last season VIFK managed 2-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with {5 goals} and 2 conceded. A Kakkonen draw at home so far for VIFK. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 2 matches.
VIFK drew their last game, also a home match. RoPS (placed 1st) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. A disappointing finish for VIFK in their match versus RoPS as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score.
Preceding that game was the away draw at JJK that finished 3-3.At Kaarlen kenttä, VIFK has the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
RoPS form and stats
Let's have a look at how RoPS performed last season in the Veikkausliiga Play-offs: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded {31 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 12/18 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Kakkonen for RoPS and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 11 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to VIFK (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. A crazy, crazy fixture with masses of goals last time out for RoPS, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this game be as much fun?
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to KajHa.RoPS have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
VIFK - RoPS 3-3 was the output when these sides formerly played each other, some time ago this season. VIFK-RoPS H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: VIFK one win, RoPS two wins, four draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
VIFK missing players
RoPS missing players
| VIFK | RoPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VIFK | Last season | RoPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 12 | 37 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 55% | ||
| 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 42% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 59% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 23% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 18% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | VIFK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | OLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | TP-47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | JS Hercules | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | GBK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kuopion Elo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | JBK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Vaajakoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | OTP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | KuPS Ak. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Kraft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | JJK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 62 |
| 2 | VIFK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | JS Hercules | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | OLS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 35 |
