After the first game it's KTP - Oulu 0-3 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Veikkausliiga fixture of the season?
It's no vacation for neither KTP nor Oulu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
KTP form and stats
Last season, KTP's league stats were 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses, producing 4th position in the League Cup. In these five matches they scored {6 goals} and conceded 9. Performing as the host team in the last season KTP produced 1-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with {3 goals} and 2 conceded. KTP's first Veikkausliiga home game here at Arto Tolsa Areena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 2 matches.
The KTP followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Arto Tolsa Areena: A 0-2 defeat against Oulu (placed 2nd).
Preceding that match was the home League Cup game against HJK that was lost 1-2.KTP has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Oulu form and stats
Let's have a look at how Oulu performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 3 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded {35 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 9/21 goals scored/conceded. 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Oulu playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Oulu goalkeeper Callum Ward is eager to challenge this, with his 275 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Oulu play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting KTP (placed 11th).
A 1-2 defeat away at HJK before that.It's early days yet, but Oulu has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Oulu have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing KTP.KTP and Oulu have met previously this season: KTP - Oulu 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Coffey 4 goals |   W. Pozo-Venta 2 goals | O. Suutari 2 goals |
KTP missing players
Oulu missing players
| KTP | Oulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| KTP | Last season | Oulu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 43% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 71% | ||
| 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 7.2 | 10.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 55% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 6.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Oulu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | SJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mariehamn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ilves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lahti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | VPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | KuPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Haka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | KTP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Honka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Lahti | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | KTP | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 5 | Honka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
