This looks to be yet another interesting meeting spot. Read about the match 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.
SJK form and stats
The season before, SJK's league results were 11 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, providing 4th place in the League Cup. In these 22 matches they scored 29 goals and let in 24. Appearing as the home team in the last season SJK produced 6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 12 conceded.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for SJK, who have participated in two training matches. SJK have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
VPS form and stats
Let's have a look at how VPS performed last season in the League Cup: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 15/17 goals scored/conceded.
Just as the home team, VPS have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 VPS win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (SJK wins - draws - VPS wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jervis 1 goals |  R. Wolsztyński 1 goals |
SJK missing players
VPS missing players
| SJK | 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 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 9.5 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 8.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| SJK | Last season | VPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Scored | S | 22 | 50 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 70% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 89% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 41% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 33% | ||
| 22% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 15% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 33% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 30% | ||
| 26% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 15% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | HJK | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 59 |
| 2 | KuPS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 58 |
| 3 | SJK | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 48 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 45 |
| 5 | Ilves | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | HIFK | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 35 |
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 51 |
| 2 | RoPS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 48 |
| 3 | TPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
| 4 | Jaro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 43 |
| 5 | EIF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | Gnistan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 33 |
