Match preview Veikkausliiga: RoPS - SJK at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Sun 06.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä (4768 seats)

RoPS hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 10th position in the Veikkausliiga table. Visiting SJK holds 7th place with 28 pts.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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RoPS form and stats

RoPS's results here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in the Veikkausliiga have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for RoPS here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

RoPS's last game was hosting VPS and winning 2-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting KPV (1-4).

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 (9 from 11 games). RoPS's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SJK form and stats

Playing away, SJK, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in Veikkausliiga, have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season. SJK has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager B. Page was unhappy after their last game, a Veikkausliiga match played at their home ground Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä. SJK suffered a 0-2 loss to KPV. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against HIFK wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. SJK have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

SJK - RoPS 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): RoPS won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and SJK has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

D. Oliynyk
8 goals
Y. Rahimi
5 goals
L. Lingman
3 goals

RoPS missing players

SJK missing players

RoPS SJK
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
7 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
6 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
12 6 2 Lost L 2 4 10
22 11 5 Scored S 3 10 18
33 12 4 Conceded C 5 14 28
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
60% 58% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 60%
48% 42% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 28%
16% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 40%
24% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 28%
44% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 44%
 
4.2 4.3 5.3 Corners For (avg) C F 3.2 3.9 4.3
4.9 4.6 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.2 4.5 4.4
1.5 1.2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.5
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
Key stats This season:
  • SJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

RoPS
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-08-19 VE Ilves 2 - 2 RoPS
11-08-19 VE RoPS 2 - 1 VPS
19-08-19 VE SJK 0 - 0 RoPS
25-08-19 VE RoPS 3 - 0 Lahti
01-09-19 VE HJK 2 - 2 RoPS
14-09-19 VE Lahti 3 - 0 RoPS
21-09-19 VE KPV 4 - 1 RoPS
28-09-19 VE RoPS 2 - 1 VPS
06-10-19 VE RoPS 13:00 SJK
19-10-19 VE HIFK 12:00 RoPS
SJK
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-08-19 VE Honka 0 - 0 SJK
15-08-19 VE SJK 0 - 2 Mariehamn
19-08-19 VE SJK 0 - 0 RoPS
25-08-19 VE Mariehamn 1 - 0 SJK
31-08-19 VE SJK 1 - 3 KuPS
13-09-19 VE SJK 1 - 1 VPS
21-09-19 VE HIFK 2 - 0 SJK
27-09-19 VE SJK 0 - 2 KPV
06-10-19 VE RoPS 13:00 SJK
19-10-19 VE SJK 12:00 Lahti

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter Turku 22 13 3 6 39 25 11 8 1 2 23 11 11 5 2 4 16 14 14 42
2 KuPS 22 11 7 4 39 23 11 5 4 2 19 9 11 6 3 2 20 14 16 40
3 Ilves 22 11 7 4 29 18 11 4 5 2 15 10 11 7 2 2 14 8 11 40
4 HJK 22 8 10 4 28 22 11 4 6 1 18 11 11 4 4 3 10 11 6 34
5 Honka 22 10 4 8 31 27 11 4 2 5 13 12 11 6 2 3 18 15 4 34
6 Mariehamn 22 9 4 9 29 23 11 4 1 6 14 15 11 5 3 3 15 8 6 31
7 SJK 22 7 7 8 17 23 11 4 2 5 7 11 11 3 5 3 10 12 -6 28
8 Lahti 22 7 7 8 21 29 11 4 5 2 15 11 11 3 2 6 6 18 -8 28
9 HIFK 22 6 8 8 25 29 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 1 4 6 11 18 -4 26
10 RoPS 22 6 6 10 19 25 11 3 2 6 9 11 11 3 4 4 10 14 -6 24
11 KPV 22 4 4 14 19 39 11 3 2 6 9 17 11 1 2 8 10 22 -20 16
12 VPS 22 2 9 11 22 35 11 2 4 5 15 18 11 0 5 6 7 17 -13 15

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