Veikkausliiga match preview: SJK versus KPV

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Fri 27.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: OmaSP Stadion (6000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. SJK are in the 7th position while the guests worry at 11th.

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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting KPV 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 3-3-9 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.

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SJK form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what SJK, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in Veikkausliiga, have to build on here at OmaSP Stadion in the Veikkausliiga.

In their previous game, the manager B. Page led his SJK to a defeat in the Veikkausliiga match away at HIFK. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at OmaSP Stadion. Preceding that game was the home draw versus VPS that ended 1-1.

SJK have scored 7 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, SJK have conceded 11 goals.

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KPV form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KPV, who have the most conceded goals (39) in Veikkausliiga, so far with only 5 Veikkausliiga points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for KPV as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the RoPS.

The supporters enjoyed KPV's previous game versus RoPS, a Veikkausliiga 4-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against HIFK wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting KPV as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. For KPV, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the KPV - SJK 1-2 earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 3 SJK victories, 1 draw and 0 KPV wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Oliynyk
8 goals / 1 assists
H. Helmke
4 goals / 1 assists
S. Roiha
4 goals

SJK missing players

KPV missing players

SJK KPV
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
7 4 2 Won W 1 1 5
8 3 2 Drew D 0 2 4
9 5 0 Lost L 2 9 15
18 8 3 Scored S 1 11 24
26 12 1 Conceded C 4 25 43
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
58% 50% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 71%
29% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 62%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
42% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 58% 58%
29% 42% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 12%
42% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 38%
 
4.3 4.8 4.2 Corners For (avg) C F 1.3 3 4
4.4 4.2 2.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 5.9 5.3
2.5 2.9 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.9
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
Key stats This season:
  • KPV have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • KPV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KPV have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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 15:30 KPV
06-10-19 VE RoPS 13:00 SJK
19-10-19 VE SJK 12:00 Lahti
KPV
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Ykkonen Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-08-19 VE Lahti 1 - 0 KPV
09-08-19 VE HIFK 3 - 2 KPV
18-08-19 VE KPV 2 - 1 HJK
26-08-19 VE Inter Turku 2 - 1 KPV
31-08-19 VE KPV 0 - 1 Honka
13-09-19 VE HIFK 3 - 1 KPV
21-09-19 VE KPV 4 - 1 RoPS
27-09-19 VE SJK 15:30 KPV
06-10-19 VE Lahti 13:00 KPV
19-10-19 VE KPV 12:00 VPS

  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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