Read up on this entertaining game in the Veikkausliiga Play-offs. Oulu is in the 2nd place after playing zero games. They host RoPS who are placed 1st after zero games.
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 Oulu and RoPS.
Oulu's stadium, Raatin stadion, has a grass surface. RoPS have artifical turf 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 RoPS when playing on grass; 4 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 36.
Oulu form and stats
In the previous season, Oulu's league statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses, producing 11th position in the Veikkausliiga Play-offs. From these 22 matches they scored 17 goals and gave away 35. Playing as the home team in the last season Oulu delivered 3-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 14 conceded.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Oulu matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and two defeats (from three games).
RoPS form and stats
Last season was a triumph for RoPS in the national league as they took home the Veikkausliiga Play-offs trophy. The championship was secured after 12 wins, 6 draws and only 4 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 6, drew 3 and lost 2.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and RoPS playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, zero draws and four home wins.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this season, as the records show this recent game: RoPS - Oulu 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Oulu victories, five draws and five RoPS wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Roiha 13 goals | V. Hänninen 9 goals | S. Vujaklija 8 goals |
Oulu missing players
RoPS missing players
| Oulu | RoPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Oulu | Last season | RoPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 24 | 50 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 93% | ||
| 70% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 78% | ||
| 41% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 26% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 41% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 26% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 63% | ||
| 22% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 30% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 15% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 48% | ||
| 9.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | Lahti | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| 2 | Haka | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Honka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
| 4 | Mariehamn | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| 5 | Oulu | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | KTP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 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 |