Balanced ball game between SJK and Mariehamn expected

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Thu 15.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: OmaSP Stadion (6000 seats)

SJK and Mariehamn have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Veikkausliiga.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SJK and Mariehamn.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Mariehamn's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Mariehamn have performed like this: Played 18 matches resulting in 4 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 14-23 (scored/conceded).

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SJK form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for SJK are 4-1-4 (wins-draw-losses). SJK are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at OmaSP Stadion, having lost their two previous games here.

The SJK crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Mariehamn here at OmaSP Stadion in a Veikkausliiga match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Honka that finished 0-0.

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 SJK have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 3.

SJK aren't scoring a lot here at OmaSP Stadion with only 6 goals from 9 games. From these home matches, SJK have conceded only 8 goals.

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Mariehamn form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Mariehamn playing as the away team this season.

Two travels in a row for Mariehamn, whose manager P. Lundberg could celebrate last time after the Veikkausliiga win against SJK. A 0-1 loss hosting Ilves before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mariehamn playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were 1 Mariehamn win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Mariehamn have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, 9 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: SJK - Mariehamn 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for SJK, 3 draws and 6 wins for Mariehamn. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 9 games.

Top Goalscorers

D. Oliynyk
7 goals / 1 assists
A. Mboma
7 goals
K. Isaksson
6 goals

SJK missing players

Mariehamn missing players

SJK Mariehamn
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played 2 9 19
7 4 1 Won 0 4 7
6 1 1 Drew 1 3 4
6 4 0 Lost 1 2 8
16 6 1 Scored 2 13 26
19 8 0 Conceded 3 6 21
89% 89% 50% Over 0.5 100% 78% 89%
58% 44% 0% Over 1.5 100% 67% 68%
32% 22% 0% Over 2.5 50% 44% 47%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 22% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 5%
42% 22% 0% BTTS 100% 44% 42%
32% 44% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 44% 37%
37% 44% 50% Failed To Score 0% 33% 32%
 
4.3 5 4.5 Corners For (avg) 4.5 5.4 5.8
4.3 4.3 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 4.9 4.7
2.7 3.1 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 1.3 1.9
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 3
Key stats this season:
  • Mariehamn have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Mariehamn have scored at least twice as many goals away as SJK have scored home.

SJK
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-07-19 VE SJK 2 - 1 Inter Turku
07-07-19 VE Ilves 3 - 0 SJK
13-07-19 VE SJK 1 - 0 VPS
20-07-19 VE KPV 1 - 2 SJK
26-07-19 VE SJK 0 - 2 Lahti
10-08-19 VE Honka 0 - 0 SJK
15-08-19 VE SJK 0 - 2 Mariehamn
19-08-19 VE SJK 15:30 RoPS
25-08-19 VE Mariehamn 15:30 SJK
31-08-19 VE SJK 13:00 KuPS
Mariehamn
All Veikkausliiga Champions League Finland Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-07-19 VE RoPS 1 - 2 Mariehamn
14-07-19 VE Mariehamn 3 - 0 KPV
21-07-19 VE KuPS 0 - 0 Mariehamn
28-07-19 VE Mariehamn 1 - 3 HIFK
04-08-19 VE Inter Turku 1 - 0 Mariehamn
11-08-19 VE Mariehamn 0 - 1 Ilves
15-08-19 VE SJK 0 - 2 Mariehamn
19-08-19 VE VPS 15:30 Mariehamn
25-08-19 VE Mariehamn 15:30 SJK
01-09-19 VE Lahti 15:30 Mariehamn

  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 18 10 6 2 24 12 8 3 5 0 12 6 10 7 1 2 12 6 12 36
2 Inter Turku 19 10 3 6 33 22 9 6 1 2 18 8 10 4 2 4 15 14 11 33
3 KuPS 19 8 7 4 29 22 10 4 4 2 14 9 9 4 3 2 15 13 7 31
4 Honka 19 9 4 6 28 23 10 4 2 4 13 11 9 5 2 2 15 12 5 31
5 HJK 19 7 9 3 24 18 10 4 5 1 16 9 9 3 4 2 8 9 6 30
6 SJK 19 7 6 6 16 19 9 4 1 4 6 8 10 3 5 2 10 11 -3 27
7 Mariehamn 19 7 4 8 26 21 10 3 1 6 13 15 9 4 3 2 13 6 5 25
8 HIFK 18 6 7 5 18 18 10 5 3 2 12 9 8 1 4 3 6 9 0 25
9 Lahti 19 6 7 6 18 23 9 3 5 1 12 8 10 3 2 5 6 15 -5 25
10 RoPS 19 5 4 10 14 23 10 2 2 6 6 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -9 19
11 KPV 19 3 4 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 7 15 10 1 2 7 9 20 -19 13
12 VPS 19 0 9 10 17 27 9 0 4 5 10 15 10 0 5 5 7 12 -10 9

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