Oulu fights KTP in Veikkausliiga battle

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Mon 05.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Raatin stadion (6996 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Veikkausliiga, with both Oulu and KTP experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 11th place.

Insights:
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals (19) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Veikkausliiga

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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Oulu form and stats

Oulu are yet to produce one single Veikkausliiga point here at Raatin stadion, to the disappointment of their supporters. All 5 matches have been lost. It's been an uphill battle for Oulu in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the MP game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

N. Saira was the last player to score a league goal for Oulu and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Oulu haven't scored in 201 minutes.

Oulu faced defeat in their previous match, away at KuPS (0-2).

Before that game, the home loss against KuPS with the scoreline 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Oulu handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, three draws and one defeat.

The lack of attacking qualities in Oulu means that they have only scored 1 goal in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Oulu are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (10 from 5 played).

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KTP form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of KTP playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in KTP's last three away games as they have all been lost.

KTP's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ilves that finished 1-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against HJK wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

KTP are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of five matches.

KTP are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As opposed to that, KTP have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

KTP - Oulu 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Oulu-KTP H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Oulu six wins, KTP three wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OuluN. Jokelainen
N. Jokelainen
2 goals
KTPA. Eerola
A. Eerola
2 goals
OuluM. Koskela
M. Koskela
1 goals

Oulu missing players

KTP missing players

Oulu KTP
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 0 Played P 1 5 9
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
8 5 0 Lost L 0 3 6
6 1 0 Scored S 3 5 8
19 10 0 Conceded C 0 7 16
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
44% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 44%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 56%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 11%
56% 80% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
2.6 1.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.8 3
5.1 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6.4 5.9
1.9 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 3.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4 5 6.6
2.3 1.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 2.6
29% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 42% 35%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • All of KTP's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Oulu's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KTP have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • KTP have scored at least twice as many goals away as Oulu have scored home.
  • KTP have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Veikkausliiga
  • KTP have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • KTP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oulu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Oulu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Oulu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Oulu have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Oulu have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the fewest points (0) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals (10) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals (19) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Oulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 10 1 0 22 5 5 5 0 0 13 4 6 5 1 0 9 1 17 31
2 Inter Turku 11 7 1 3 19 10 6 5 1 0 11 3 5 2 0 3 8 7 9 22
3 KuPS 11 7 1 3 17 9 6 4 1 1 8 3 5 3 0 2 9 6 8 22
4 SJK 10 5 2 3 10 7 6 2 2 2 6 5 4 3 0 1 4 2 3 17
5 Lahti 9 4 3 2 13 10 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 15
6 HIFK 9 4 3 2 10 8 5 2 1 2 5 6 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 15
7 Ilves 10 4 2 4 13 14 4 3 0 1 7 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -1 14
8 Honka 11 3 1 7 12 16 4 1 0 3 3 6 7 2 1 4 9 10 -4 10
9 Haka 9 2 2 5 10 14 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 2 0 3 7 7 -4 8
10 Mariehamn 9 2 0 7 5 17 5 1 0 4 3 9 4 1 0 3 2 8 -12 6
11 KTP 9 1 2 6 8 16 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 1 1 3 5 7 -8 5
12 Oulu 9 1 0 8 6 19 5 0 0 5 1 10 4 1 0 3 5 9 -13 3

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.