Soccer match preview: SJK confident before travelling to KTP

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arto Tolsa Areena (4780 seats)

Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for KTP, but SJK are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?

Insights:
  • KTP have the most conceded goals (30) in Veikkausliiga

Both participants have had adequate rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic match!

This ground has grass, unlike SJK's home ground. The latest 22 games by the guests on grass have seen 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses.

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KTP form and stats

KTP's struggle is real here at Arto Tolsa Areena with only 2 points collected from 7 Veikkausliiga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-5. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 278 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Makijarvi was the last player to find the net.

KTP are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus KuPS. KTP were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that game, the home loss against HJK with the scoreline 0-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for KTP here at Arto Tolsa Areena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KTP defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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SJK form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Veikkausliiga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

SJK go into this game after a win, the home game against Honka that ended 3-2.

A 0-0 draw at HJK's stadium before that.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. SJK are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

KTP and SJK have played each other before this season: SJK - KTP 1-1. Last four meetings involving these teams: KTP won zero, SJK triumphed in two and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SJKJ. Jervis
J. Jervis
5 goals
KTPA. Mäkijärvi
A. Mäkijärvi
2 goals
KTPD. Ramadingaye
D. Ramadingaye
2 goals

KTP missing players

SJK missing players

KTP SJK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
1 0 0 Won W 2 4 8
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
10 5 1 Lost L 0 2 4
12 4 0 Scored S 3 6 18
30 13 1 Conceded C 0 4 13
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
88% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 60%
50% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 27%
31% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
50% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 33%
12% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 71% 47%
44% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 27%
 
3 3.9 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.6 5.4
6.8 7.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.6 4.9
2.1 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.6 8.3 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.9 10.3
2.6 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 4.3
29% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 29% 28%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • KTP have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • KTP have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • KTP have the fewest points (2) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most conceded goals (30) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • KTP have yet to win a game at home.
  • KTP is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 16 13 2 1 27 7 8 7 1 0 16 4 8 6 1 1 11 3 20 41
2 KuPS 15 10 2 3 25 11 9 6 2 1 15 5 6 4 0 2 10 6 14 32
3 Lahti 16 7 6 3 23 17 9 5 2 2 14 10 7 2 4 1 9 7 6 27
4 SJK 15 8 3 4 18 13 8 4 2 2 12 9 7 4 1 2 6 4 5 27
5 Inter Turku 16 8 2 6 23 16 8 5 2 1 13 6 8 3 0 5 10 10 7 26
6 HIFK 13 5 5 3 13 11 7 2 2 3 7 9 6 3 3 0 6 2 2 20
7 Ilves 15 6 2 7 16 20 7 5 0 2 9 7 8 1 2 5 7 13 -4 20
8 Honka 16 5 3 8 22 23 7 3 1 3 9 8 9 2 2 5 13 15 -1 18
9 Haka 15 4 3 8 13 18 6 1 2 3 4 8 9 3 1 5 9 10 -5 15
10 Oulu 16 4 1 11 14 26 9 3 1 5 7 12 7 1 0 6 7 14 -12 13
11 Mariehamn 15 3 2 10 9 23 7 1 1 5 3 11 8 2 1 5 6 12 -14 11
12 KTP 16 1 5 10 12 30 7 0 2 5 4 13 9 1 3 5 8 17 -18 8

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.