VIFK are flying at 2nd, while RoPS are lingering 12 points behind in the league table. Will they reduce the gap?
- VIFK have the most clean sheets (9) in Kakkonen
- VIFK have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RoPS have scored away.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting RoPS have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
VIFK form and stats
VIFK are steadily winning Kakkonen games and points here at Elisa Stadion. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Ever since the OLS game VIFK has been unbeatable here at Elisa Stadion producing four straight wins.
VIFK's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus RoPS (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kraft in a game that was won 2-1.It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
VIFK have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
RoPS form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for RoPS so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose). RoPS seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
RoPS are travelling again after losing away to VIFK in their previous match (0-1).
Before that, RoPS secured a home win against OTP with the score 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of RoPS when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
RoPS's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
VIFK and RoPS have duelled already this season: VIFK - RoPS 1-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - three - two (VIFK wins - draws - RoPS wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Venäläinen 13 goals |  L. Etoka 7 goals | A. Savolainen 6 goals |
VIFK missing players
RoPS missing players
| VIFK | RoPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 31 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 35% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 59% |
| 24% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 6% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 18% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 59% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 24% |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 16.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.8 | 8.7 |
| 5.6 | 7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 29% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 42% |
| 8.8 | 7.7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16.3 | 13.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.1 |
- RoPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VIFK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- VIFK have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RoPS have scored away.
- VIFK have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Kakkonen
- VIFK have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Kakkonen
- VIFK have the most clean sheets (9) in Kakkonen
- VIFK have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Kakkonen
- VIFK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | VIFK | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | JS Hercules | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | OLS | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Kraft | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | RoPS | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Vaajakoski | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | GBK | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | KajHa | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 16 |
| 10 | JBK | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | OTP | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 12 | FC Komeetat | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -26 | 11 |
