The Veikkausliiga season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between RoPS and TPS promises to be an interesting one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike TPS's home stadium. The visitors last 15 games on artifical turf have ended in 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for TPS, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
RoPS form and stats
RoPS have played three Veikkausliiga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. RoPS have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
In their previous game, the manager V. Tauriainen led his RoPS to a defeat in the Veikkausliiga match away at Honka. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ilves that ended 1-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how RoPS have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won eight, drawn one and lost one.
RoPS are traveling soon after this match as the Veikkausliiga match at Ilves awaits in four days.
RoPS has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. RoPS have conceded 4 in these home matches.
TPS form and stats
No Veikkausliiga points yet away for TPS, from their first 2 matches. With the TPS losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. TPS has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Home advantage was not enough for TPS in their previous game, as they lost their Veikkausliiga-match, hosting Lahti, 1-3. A 0-2 loss hosting HJK before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with TPS playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two TPS wins, zero draws and two defeats.
TPS have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (RoPS wins - draws - TPS wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Tamminen 2 goals |  A. Kokko 1 goals |
RoPS missing players
TPS missing players
| RoPS | TPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 7.8 | 7.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | 23 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 18% |
- RoPS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- RoPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- RoPS have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- RoPS have yet to win a game.
- RoPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- TPS has the fewest scored goals (2)
- TPS has the the worst goal difference (-8)
- TPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- TPS have created more than twice as many corners as RoPS.
- TPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- TPS have lost all their matches so far.
- TPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- TPS is in the worst form (0-0-5)
| RoPS | Last season | TPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | ||
| 93% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 89% | ||
| 59% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 30% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 15% | ||
| 37% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 26% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 15% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 211 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 327 | ||
| 91 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 87 | 156 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | HJK | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Honka | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | HIFK | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Ilves | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 7 | Lahti | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | SJK | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Haka | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | RoPS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | TPS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 |