Can KPV beat Ilves in Kokkolan Keskuskenttä clash?

Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä (2000 seats)

It's a new Veikkausliiga campaign and KPV are eager to get started here at Kokkolan Keskuskenttä. Ilves are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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KPV form and stats

KPV have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, KPV have scored 2 goals and conceded 4 times.

It's the first season at a new level for KPV as they were promoted from Ykkonen last season. Happy days that were secured through 16 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 27 games. The team scored 29 goals at home last season and conceded 7. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Ilves form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Ilves as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Ilves have played two with the results W2-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ilves has scored 7 goals and conceded 2 times.

Let's have a look at how Ilves performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 24/29 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

KPV-Ilves H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: KPV 0 wins, Ilves 1 win, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

KPV missing players

Ilves missing players

KPV Last season Ilves
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 14 Played 16 33
44 29 Scored 24 45
26 7 Conceded 29 41
93% 93% Over 0.5 100% 91%
70% 64% Over 1.5 88% 73%
56% 57% Over 2.5 50% 39%
26% 21% Over 3.5 44% 27%
11% 14% Over 4.5 25% 15%
44% 36% Both teams to score 56% 45%
41% 64% Clean Sheet 12% 33%
22% 7% Failed To Score 31% 30%
Key stats last season:
  • Ilves hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ilves is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • KPV is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 HIFK 27 16 6 5 47 22 14 9 4 1 25 9 13 7 2 4 22 13 25 54
2 KPV 27 16 4 7 44 26 14 11 2 1 29 7 13 5 2 6 15 19 18 52
3 EIF 27 12 11 4 36 26 13 8 3 2 21 14 14 4 8 2 15 12 10 47
4 Oulu 27 13 5 9 41 30 14 8 4 2 25 12 13 5 1 7 16 18 11 44
5 Haka 27 12 7 8 41 28 13 8 2 3 28 12 14 4 5 5 13 16 13 43
6 Jaro 27 11 5 11 34 30 14 5 2 7 21 19 13 6 3 4 13 11 4 38
7 KTP 27 7 8 12 29 40 13 5 5 3 16 15 14 2 3 9 13 25 -11 29
8 Kajaani 27 6 7 14 40 53 13 4 2 7 14 17 14 2 5 7 26 36 -13 25
9 JJK 27 4 8 15 32 52 14 2 6 6 19 24 13 2 2 9 13 28 -20 20
10 Klubi-04 27 4 7 16 27 64 13 3 4 6 18 26 14 1 3 10 9 38 -37 19
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 HJK 33 24 6 3 61 19 17 13 2 2 38 10 16 11 4 1 23 9 42 78
2 RoPS 33 18 8 7 42 25 16 10 2 4 20 8 17 8 6 3 22 17 17 62
3 KuPS 33 17 7 9 56 37 17 8 5 4 31 21 16 9 2 5 25 16 19 58
4 Honka 33 15 13 5 51 33 16 9 5 2 29 14 17 6 8 3 22 19 18 58
5 Ilves 33 14 7 12 45 41 17 7 6 4 21 12 16 7 1 8 24 29 4 49
6 VPS 33 10 11 12 37 43 16 4 5 7 20 22 17 6 6 5 17 21 -6 41
7 Inter Turku 33 10 10 13 37 44 16 4 5 7 17 18 17 6 5 6 20 26 -7 40
8 Lahti 33 9 13 11 30 38 17 6 6 5 20 20 16 3 7 6 10 18 -8 40
9 SJK 33 8 8 17 28 37 17 5 4 8 19 19 16 3 4 9 9 18 -9 32
10 Mariehamn 33 8 7 18 37 59 17 6 3 8 26 30 16 2 4 10 11 29 -22 31
11 TPS 33 7 8 18 37 55 16 5 5 6 18 19 17 2 3 12 19 36 -18 29
12 PS Kemi 33 6 6 21 29 59 16 3 4 9 14 24 17 3 2 12 15 35 -30 24

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