This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by fans of both teams, as it's the first Kolmonen game of the season. Both Riverball and Barca are hoping for a bright start to their league adventure.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Riverball form and stats
The season before, Riverball's league results were 2 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, providing 14th position in the Kolmonen. Over these 26 matches they scored 15 goals and let in 62. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Riverball produced 2-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 26 conceded.
Barca form and stats
Let's have a look at how Barca performed last season in the Kolmonen: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 5/25 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings between these participants: Riverball won one, Barca triumphed in one and we saw two draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Riverball missing players
Barca missing players
| Riverball | Barca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Riverball | Last season | Barca | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 25% | ||
| 69% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 62% | ||
| 6% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 6% | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 19% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 7.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | JJK Jyväskylä II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | JPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jyväskylä Blackbird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | KeuPa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kuopion Elo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | LehPa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | PK-37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Riverball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | SaPa Pieksamaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Warkaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |