Another engaging match in the League Cup. VPS is in the 5th place from participating in four games. They welcome Ilves who are placed 4th from four matches.
- VPS have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in League Cup
- Ilves have the fewest conceded goals (1) in League Cup
VPS's stadium, Elisa Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Ilves have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ilves when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 13 matches. They have scored {18 goals} in these games and conceded 20.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for VPS and Ilves.
VPS form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for VPS's two home games in the League Cup so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Elisa Stadion.
The spoils were shared in VPS's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ilves (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
1-1 away at Oulu before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how VPS have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the VPS at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Ilves form and stats
Still no away game victory in the League Cup for Ilves with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Ilves have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 189 minutes since they last conceded in League Cup.
Ilves has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to VPS for a 0-0 draw.
Before that, Ilves secured a home win against KuPS with the score 3-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Ilves in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Ilves, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Ilves's manager Kallio has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: VPS - Ilves 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): VPS three wins, three draws and Ilves four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
VPS missing players
Ilves missing players
| VPS | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
- Ilves have the fewest conceded goals (1) in League Cup
- Ilves have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Cup
- Ilves have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League Cup
- Ilves have the most clean sheets (2) away in League Cup
- Ilves have the most clean sheets (3) in League Cup
- VPS have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in League Cup
| VPS | Last season | Ilves | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 60 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 17 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 93% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 78% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 63% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 26% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 30% | ||
| 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 63% | ||
| 23% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 22% | ||
| 23% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 22% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 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 | Oulu | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | KuPS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 3 | Haka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Ilves | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | VPS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | SJK | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 | 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 |
