VPS have some lost ground to recover from their 9th position, and the job starts versus Ilves. Read more!
- VPS have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Veikkausliiga
- Ilves have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Veikkausliiga
This field has artifical turf, which is not Ilves's normal surface at their own football field. When playing on artifical turf Ilves have performed like this: Played 13 matches taking 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats with the goal data 17-18 (scored/conceded).
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
VPS form and stats
The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for VPS at their home stadium (Elisa Stadion) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus Ilves last time out and are looking for a win here.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Haka the opponent.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for VPS here at Elisa Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games). VPS have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ilves form and stats
The Veikkausliiga season is young and Ilves have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Ilves are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at VPS (placed 9th).
A draw for Ilves before that, at their own venue hosting HJK (1-1).Ilves are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three VPS victories, three draws and four Ilves wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals |  D. Parfitt-Williams 2 goals | J. Pikkarainen 1 goals |
VPS missing players
Ilves missing players
| VPS | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 62% | 40% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 38% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 8.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 11% | 30% |
| 9.6 | 9.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.8 | 9.4 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
- Ilves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ilves have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Veikkausliiga
- Ilves have yet to win a game away.
- VPS have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | HJK | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | SJK | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Honka | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Oulu | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 6 | Haka | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Ilves | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Lahti | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | VPS | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | KTP | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Inter Turku | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 4 |
