Open game expected at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä: RoPS vs Mariehamn preview

It's no vacation for neither RoPS nor Mariehamn as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Mariehamn have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-5-10 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches. Mariehamn have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

RoPS form and stats

RoPS's struggle is real here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä with only 5 points collected from 8 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-2-5.

The RoPS crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Mariehamn here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in a Veikkausliiga match. Before that, RoPS drew at home versus KPV.

This is expected to be a close game, with RoPS perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with RoPS as a small favourite), we find nine games. RoPS has won 7 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

RoPS has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches: 4 goals from 8 games. 8 goals have been conceded.

Mariehamn form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term.

It's the second away game in a row for Mariehamn, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus RoPS in the Veikkausliiga last time out. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Honka.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mariehamn playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 1 Mariehamn win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Mariehamn's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 away matches. It's not easy to score on Mariehamn as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the RoPS - Mariehamn 1-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 RoPS victories, 2 draws and 4 Mariehamn wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Mboma 6 goals

K. Isaksson 5 goals

RoPS missing players

Mariehamn missing players