It's a fresh start in Kolmonen - Etelä - the first fixture of the season. Read our full guide and see how FC Espoo and NuPS did in their pre-season training matches!
It's no vacation for neither FC Espoo nor NuPS as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Espoo form and stats
In the previous season, FC Espoo's league stats were 15 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, results that produced 3rd spot in the Kolmonen - Etelä. In these 22 matches they scored {0 goals-1} and gave away 0. Performing at home in the previous season FC Espoo generated 10-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with {0 goals-2} and 0 conceded.
NuPS form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for NuPS as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 4 victories from 22 games, relegation was a fact. NuPS's manager Nyberg are hoping to lead the team right back to Kolmonen at the first attempt.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings involving these sides: FC Espoo won three, NuPS were winners in one and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.
FC Espoo missing players
NuPS missing players
| FC Espoo | NuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 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% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 71% | 114% |
| 11.3 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 6.3 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| FC Espoo | Last season | NuPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 16 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 11 | 15 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 35 | 59 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 73% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 78% | 75% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 62% | ||
| 55% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 44% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 7 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 32% | ||
| 7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | EBK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | EIF II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | EPS II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | EsPa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FC Espoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | GrIFK U23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | HIFK 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kirkkonummi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kurvin Vauhti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | LJS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | NuPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Töölön Taisto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | EPS II | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 2 | SexyPöxyt | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 3 | FC Espoo | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 4 | EBK | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 5 | EIF II | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 6 | GrIFK U23 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Kirkkonummi | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | EsPa | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | SaPa | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Finnkurd | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | LaPa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | SAPA III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | BK-46 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | LePa | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |