After the first game it's Lahti - VPS 1-1 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Veikkausliiga fixture of the season?
Lahti and VPS should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lahti form and stats
The previous season, Lahti's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 8th position in the Veikkausliiga. In these 22 matches they scored 21 goals and gave away 29. Performing as the home team in the last season Lahti managed 4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 11 conceded. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Lahti, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Lahti drew their last game, 0-0 away at Mariehamn (placed 9th).
Preceding that match was a League Cup defeat to Haka (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Lahti perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lahti as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Lahti has won three of these, drawn four and lost four.
VPS form and stats
Let's have a look at how VPS performed last season in the Ykkonen: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 7/17 goals scored/conceded. With two straight losses from their last two away games, VPS are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
VPS delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Oulu (placed 6th) in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the VPS manager Nuorela faced defeat when travelling to SJK and losing 1-4.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by VPS in our archives, and the results are: two wins for VPS, three draws and four defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - six - one (Lahti wins - draws - VPS wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 3 goals |  K. Multanen 2 goals | G. Charles 1 goals |
Lahti missing players
VPS missing players
| Lahti | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lahti | Last season | VPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 7 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | ||
| 16.7 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.3 | ||
| 8.7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | SJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | HJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Haka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Honka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Oulu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | VPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lahti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | HIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Ilves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Inter Turku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
