This might well be another interesting clash spot. Read all about the match here!
VPS's stadium, Fennia Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Oulu 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 Oulu when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 17 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 25.
This could be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
VPS form and stats
The previous season, VPS's league statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, results that produced 3rd spot in the League Cup. In these 22 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 27. Performing as the host team in the last season VPS delivered 8-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 10 conceded.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for VPS, who have participated in one training match. VPS have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Oulu form and stats
A job perfectly done for Oulu last season as they secured promotion from Ykkonen. With a grand total of 7 wins, 8 draws and 12 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.
Just as the home team, Oulu have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Oulu win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding nine meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for VPS, four draws and two wins for Oulu. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Yaghoubi 1 goals |  O. Suutari 1 goals |
VPS missing players
Oulu missing players
| VPS | Oulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| VPS | Last season | Oulu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 50 | 28 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 59% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 15% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | ||
| 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | ||
| 15% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 9.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 |
