A new Kolmonen - Länsi season is about to begin and this is the premier real game for VPS II and Esse IK. Let's start!
Esse IK could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Kolmonen - Länsi game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Sporting Kristina, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Esse IK.
VPS II form and stats
VPS II could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Kolmonen - Länsi. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Palosaaren jalkapallokenttä they witnessed 9 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D4 - L3 from 22 games.
Esse IK form and stats
Let's have a look at how Esse IK performed last season in the Kolmonen - Länsi: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 0 and conceded {0 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 0/0 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
VPS-Esse IK H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: VPS II one win, Esse IK one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
VPS II missing players
Esse IK missing players
| VPS II | Esse IK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 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 |
| VPS II | Last season | Esse IK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 59 | 35 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 77% | ||
| 55% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 41% | 64% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 45% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 77% | ||
| 41% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 5% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 15.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 7.3 | ||
| 47% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 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 | VPS II | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 2 | Sporting Kristina | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 3 | Korsnas | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 4 | SIF | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 5 | Kiisto | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | SJK-juniorit | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 7 | KPV Akatemia | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Esse IK | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Nykarleby IK | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | VPV | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Norrvalla | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Ylivieska | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
