This looks to be another engrossing contest at Elisa Stadion in the Kolmonen - Länsi. VPS II is in 3rd position and host Esse IK in 5th spot. Read all about the fixture here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
VPS II form and stats
Overall Kolmonen - Länsi stats at home this season for VPS II are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). VPS II has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Nykarleby IK defeat 313 days ago.
VPS II shared the glory with Korsnas in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ylivieska in a game that was won 7-0.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the VPS II at home in the league. 7 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Esse IK form and stats
Let's have a look at how Esse IK performed last season in the Kolmonen: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 9/12 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Kolmonen - Länsi so far for Esse IK and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 losses from 8 travels.
Esse play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting VPV (placed 11th). As mentioned above, Esse IK was the only team on the pitch versus VPV in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Esse IK travelled to KPS and returned home with a draw after the Kolmonen game finished 0-0.4 goals so far away for Esse IK, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
VPS II missing players
Esse IK missing players
| VPS II | Esse IK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| VPS II | Last season | Esse IK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 93% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 57% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 43% | ||
| 38% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | ||
| 62% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 57% | ||
| 38% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 60% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 10 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Kristina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | SJK-juniorit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | VPS II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Korsnas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Esse IK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | KPV Akatemia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kiisto | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | SIF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Nykarleby IK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Norrvalla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 11 | VPV | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 0 |
| 12 | Ylivieska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 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 | Kiisto | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 45 | 44 |
| 2 | KaIK | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Kraft | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 33 | 30 |
| 4 | SIF | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 27 |
| 5 | KPV Akatemia | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | KPS | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 7 | Sporting Kristina | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Nykarleby IK | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 25 | -30 | 19 |
| 9 | Korsnas | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -22 | 15 |
| 10 | I-JBK | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 36 | -35 | 14 |
| 11 | Esse IK | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | VPV | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 37 | -31 | 8 |
