Home advantage could prove decisive in Mariehamn - Oulu battle

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wiklöf Holding Arena (4000 seats)

It's game two of the Veikkausliiga season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Mariehamn-Oulu!

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Mariehamn form and stats

Last season, Mariehamn's league statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season Mariehamn managed 3-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 19 conceded.

The Mariehamn goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the Veikkausliiga.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mariehamn have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost zero.

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Oulu form and stats

Let's have a look at how Oulu performed last season in the Ykkonen: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 17/10 goals scored/conceded. Oulu have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Prior to that match, the Oulu manager J. Ahola faced defeat when travelling to KuPS and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Oulu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, one draw and four defeats.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Mariehamn, two draws and one win for Oulu. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Mariehamn missing players

Oulu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mariehamn Oulu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 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%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Mariehamn Last season Oulu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
6 3   Won W   8 15
5 3   Drew D   2 5
11 5   Lost L   1 2
29 13   Scored S   17 38
43 19   Conceded C   10 16
95% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 77%
64% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 50%
45% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 14%
23% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
55% 27%   BTTS BTTS   73% 59%
23% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 36%
27% 45%   Failed to Score F T   9% 9%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
8.2 8.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 10.8
3.3 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.8
40% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 36%

  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 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
2 HIFK 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Ilves 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Mariehamn 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Lahti 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Inter Turku 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
7 KTP 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 SJK 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 KuPS 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
10 Haka 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
11 Oulu 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
12 Honka 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -4 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 22 14 6 2 53 17 11 6 5 0 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 8 36 48
2 Inter Turku 22 12 5 5 36 17 11 9 1 1 24 6 11 3 4 4 12 11 19 41
3 KuPS 22 12 5 5 39 26 11 7 1 3 20 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 13 41
4 Honka 22 9 10 3 26 17 11 5 4 2 13 9 11 4 6 1 13 8 9 37
5 Ilves 22 10 6 6 37 29 11 5 4 2 20 12 11 5 2 4 17 17 8 36
6 Lahti 22 8 8 6 33 30 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 18 17 3 32
7 SJK 22 8 5 9 27 29 11 4 2 5 14 17 11 4 3 4 13 12 -2 29
8 HIFK 22 8 4 10 29 33 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 4 1 6 16 17 -4 28
9 Mariehamn 22 6 5 11 29 43 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 3 2 6 16 24 -14 23
10 Haka 22 5 7 10 25 41 11 1 2 8 9 25 11 4 5 2 16 16 -16 22
11 TPS 22 6 3 13 23 39 11 5 1 5 14 15 11 1 2 8 9 24 -16 21
12 RoPS 22 1 2 19 15 51 11 0 2 9 10 25 11 1 0 10 5 26 -36 5
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 Oulu 22 15 5 2 38 16 11 7 3 1 21 6 11 8 2 1 17 10 22 50
2 KTP 22 14 5 3 51 23 11 5 3 3 21 14 11 9 2 0 30 9 28 47
3 Jaro 22 12 5 5 50 31 11 7 2 2 29 12 11 5 3 3 21 19 19 41
4 EIF 22 10 6 6 45 25 11 7 2 2 26 8 11 3 4 4 19 17 20 36
5 MuSa 22 10 4 8 38 38 11 6 1 4 21 21 11 4 3 4 17 17 0 34
6 VPS 22 9 6 7 37 36 11 4 3 4 20 20 11 5 3 3 17 16 1 33
7 MP 22 8 5 9 29 35 11 4 2 5 19 16 11 4 3 4 10 19 -6 29
8 KPV 22 8 4 10 38 34 11 4 2 5 28 15 11 4 2 5 10 19 4 28
9 Gnistan 22 7 4 11 38 49 11 5 1 5 20 17 11 2 3 6 18 32 -11 25
10 Kajaani 22 5 8 9 35 37 11 2 4 5 19 16 11 3 4 4 16 21 -2 23
11 SJK Akatemia 22 4 3 15 22 49 11 3 3 5 12 19 11 1 0 10 10 30 -27 15
12 MYPA 22 1 3 18 21 69 11 1 3 7 14 28 11 0 0 11 7 41 -48 6

Table
  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 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
2 HIFK 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Ilves 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Mariehamn 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Lahti 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Inter Turku 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
7 KTP 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 SJK 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 KuPS 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
10 Haka 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
11 Oulu 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
12 Honka 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -4 0

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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.