Oulu look forward to battle it out with VPS in this League Cup match. All you need to learn about the match can be found 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.
Oulu form and stats
The first League Cup game here at Heinäpään halli resulted in a draw. Last season Oulu's home game statistics were 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 3 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Juhani Pennanen not having conceded a league goal in 216 minutes.
Oulu are returning here after visiting KuPS and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Suutari scored the goal(s). The victory against KuPS came after Suutari's winning goal. The Oulu manager Duarte was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 61st minute.
Before that, Oulu drew at home versus Ilves.At Heinäpään halli, Oulu has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
VPS form and stats
VPS have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League Cup were 2 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 3 fixtures.
VPS lost away at SJK (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that, VPS secured a home win against Haka with the score 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with VPS playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 VPS wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
It's early days yet, but VPS has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
VPS have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when playing Oulu.Top Goalscorers
  J. Pikkarainen 2 goals |  O. Suutari 1 goals | K. Multanen 1 goals |
Oulu missing players
VPS missing players
| Oulu | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oulu | Last season | VPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 31 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 10 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Scored | S | 41 | 60 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 84% | ||
| 66% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 34% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 65% | 52% | ||
| 21% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 26% | ||
| 59% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 55% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 23% | ||
| 21% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 23% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 42% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 40% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oulu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | VPS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | SJK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Haka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | KuPS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Ilves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 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 | Oulu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 39 |
| 2 | VPS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Mariehamn | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 34 |
| 4 | Ilves | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| 5 | Lahti | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -29 | 21 |
| 6 | HIFK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -50 | 9 |
