It's early days in the Veikkausliiga and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Veikkausliiga match only four days ago.
KPV play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for KPV when playing on artificial turf are 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from ten matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
SJK form and stats
The story so far for SJK at their home stadium (OmaSP Stadion) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.SJK manager A. Eremenko and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus VPS in the Veikkausliiga. Preceding that match was a defeat to Ilves (0-1).
The lack of attacking qualities in SJK means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively SJK have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
KPV form and stats
One match played away so far for KPV and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from 13 games.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Veikkausliiga home defeat versus Mariehamn with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Before that, KPV travelled to VPS and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
2 goals so far away for KPV, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for SJK, 1 draw and 0 wins for KPV.Top Goalscorers
  D. Oliynyk 2 goals |   H. Heiermann 1 goals |
SJK missing players
KPV missing players
| SJK | KPV | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SJK | Last season | KPV | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | 13 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | 5 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | 2 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | 6 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | 15 | 44 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | 19 | 26 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 93% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 1.5 | 77% | 70% | ||
| 27% | 41% | Over 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 31% | 26% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | 8% | 11% | ||
| 33% | 41% | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 30% | 35% | Clean Sheets | 15% | 41% | ||
| 45% | 35% | Failed To Score | 38% | 22% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | ||
- SJK is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 06-04-19 | | SJK | 1 - 0 | HIFK |
| 13-04-19 | | Inter Turku | 1 - 2 | SJK |
| 18-04-19 | | SJK | 0 - 0 | HJK |
| 22-04-19 | | SJK | 0 - 1 | Ilves |
| 26-04-19 | | VPS | 1 - 1 | SJK |
| 30-04-19 | | SJK | 16:00 | KPV |
| 05-05-19 | | Lahti | 15:30 | SJK |
| 11-05-19 | | HJK | 12:00 | SJK |
| 18-05-19 | | SJK | 13:00 | Honka |
| 25-05-19 | | RoPS | 14:00 | SJK |
| 30-03-19 | | RoPS | 1 - 2 | KPV |
| 07-04-19 | | KPV | 0 - 2 | Ilves |
| 13-04-19 | | KPV | 0 - 1 | RoPS |
| 20-04-19 | | VPS | 2 - 2 | KPV |
| 25-04-19 | | KPV | 0 - 4 | Mariehamn |
| 30-04-19 | | SJK | 16:00 | KPV |
| 05-05-19 | | KuPS | 15:30 | KPV |
| 11-05-19 | | KPV | 12:00 | Lahti |
| 16-05-19 | | KPV | - | Ilves |
| 20-05-19 | | KPV | 15:30 | HIFK |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Ilves | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Mariehamn | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Honka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | HJK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | SJK | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | KuPS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Lahti | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Inter Turku | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | RoPS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | VPS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | HIFK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | KPV | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
