Season ticket holders at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä haven’t seen too many victories this season, with RoPS languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Lahti will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
RoPS and Lahti 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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Lahti's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Lahti have performed like this: Played 17 matches resulting in 5 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 15-24 (scored/conceded).
RoPS form and stats
RoPS's results here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in the Veikkausliiga have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. With nine home Veikkausliiga games in a row without a win, the RoPS fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the HIFK game long ago, can be stopped today.
RoPS lost their last game at HJK (placed 2nd) after a 0-4 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Haka and winning 2-0.
As you see from the result above, RoPS suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
There will be little rest for RoPS after this match as they are travelling to TPS for a Veikkausliiga game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for RoPS here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). RoPS are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).
Lahti form and stats
3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lahti in their Veikkausliiga matches away.
Impressive finishing from J. Assehnoun and D. Imbongo (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Mariehamn in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Inter Turku wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Haka in just four days.
The visiting Lahti have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. In the opposite end, Lahti have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Lahti - RoPS 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for RoPS, three draws and three wins for Lahti. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Assehnoun 8 goals |  D. Imbongo Boele 4 goals | V. Hambo 3 goals |
RoPS missing players
Lahti missing players
| RoPS | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 39 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 39% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 56% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 56% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | 53 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 73 | 154 |
| 38 | 23 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 26 | 65 |
| 32% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 50% | 40% |
- Lahti has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lahti have scored more than double the goals of RoPS.
- Lahti haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals (12) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals (39) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the the worst goal difference (-27) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RoPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- RoPS have yet to win a game at home.
- RoPS 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 | KuPS | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | HJK | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 38 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Honka | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Ilves | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | HIFK | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Lahti | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | SJK | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 | Haka | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -17 | 15 |
| 11 | TPS | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -27 | 5 |