RoPS hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 12th position in the Veikkausliiga table. Visiting SJK holds 8th place with 26 pts.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at TPS. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
RoPS form and stats
RoPS's results here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in the Veikkausliiga have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats. With ten 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. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for RoPS with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Haka game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
In their previous game, the manager V. Tauriainen led his RoPS to a defeat in the Veikkausliiga match away at HIFK. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at TPS.
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 10 games). RoPS have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.
SJK form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Veikkausliiga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
SJK lost away at TPS (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A loss against Ilves was the result prior to that, in a home game.
SJK are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, SJK have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the SJK - RoPS 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three RoPS victories, three draws and four SJK wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Lepistö 4 goals |  E. Ledesma 4 goals |   M. Tamminen 3 goals |
RoPS missing players
SJK missing players
| RoPS | SJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 48 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 86% |
| 76% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 67% |
| 57% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 48% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 20% | 24% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 20% | 19% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 57% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 24% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 120 | 60 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 73 | 177 |
| 47 | 24 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 39 | 74 |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 32% |
- RoPS has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest points (2) at home in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals (13) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals (48) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the the worst goal difference (-35) 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.
- SJK has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 47 |
| 2 | KuPS | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Honka | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Ilves | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Lahti | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | HIFK | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | SJK | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Haka | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -15 | 22 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | TPS | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
| 12 | RoPS | 21 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -35 | 5 |