Struggling Viikingit will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying EPS in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting EPS 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 0-4-2 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.
Viikingit form and stats
Viikingit have played three Kakkonen home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The Viikingit supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kultsu in Kakkonen and win 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Kiffen.
Viikingit aren't scoring a lot here at Vuosaaren Urheilukenttä in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Viikingit have conceded 3 in these home matches.
EPS form and stats
EPS are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Kakkonen, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
EPS has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to PEPO for a Kakkonen game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus NJS.
EPS are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on EPS as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Viikingit and EPS have met before this season: EPS - Viikingit 2-2.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ahopelto 4 goals |  M. Ehrnrooth 2 goals | J. Mutikainen 1 goals |
Viikingit missing players
EPS missing players
| Viikingit | EPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 5.8 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 22 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 42 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 42% |
- EPS has the most dropped points from leading position (6)
- EPS has the most matches under the total-line (5)
- EPS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- EPS have not yet lost a game.
- EPS have scored in all their matches so far.
- EPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viikingit has the fewest scored goals (2) at home
- Viikingit has the fewest scored goals (4)
- Viikingit has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1)
- Viikingit have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Viikingit 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 | PK-35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
| 2 | JäPS | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | EPS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Kiffen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Honka Akatemia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | PEPO | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | MiPK | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Reipas | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | PKKU | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | NJS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Viikingit | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Kultsu | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 3 |