Season ticket holders at Veritas Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with TPS languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting SJK will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
The visiting SJK played their last game only four days ago, a Veikkausliiga match.
It should be mentioned that SJK play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for SJK on grass are 4 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 14-19. You can compare this with overall results below.
TPS form and stats
TPS's struggle is real here at Veritas Stadion with only 7 points collected from 8 Veikkausliiga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.
TPS are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Ilves. A 2-2 draw away before that, with HJK the opponent.
TPS were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for TPS here at Veritas Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the TPS defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
SJK form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of SJK playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season. SJK love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
SJK had fun at their own home (Veritas Stadion) last time out, beating HIFK 3-2. J. Lepistö, J. Jervis and A. Ngueukam scored. A loss against Lahti was the result prior to that, in a home game.
J. Lepistö came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against HIFK last time out, making the manager J. Honkavaara feel like a tactical genius.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting SJK as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on SJK as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; SJK - TPS 1-0. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: two wins for TPS, zero draws and six wins for SJK. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Lepistö 4 goals |  M. Olawale 3 goals | M. Hetemaj 3 goals |
TPS missing players
SJK missing players
| TPS | SJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 31 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 82% |
| 71% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 41% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 41% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 12% | 18% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 12% | 18% |
| 47% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 53% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 127 | 62 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 59 | 150 |
| 41 | 18 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 30 | 61 |
| 34% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 23% | 31% |
- SJK has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Veikkausliiga
- TPS has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Veikkausliiga
- TPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- TPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | KuPS | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 37 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Honka | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Ilves | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | HIFK | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | SJK | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Lahti | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Haka | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -17 | 15 |
| 11 | TPS | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -27 | 5 |