The Veikkausliiga season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between VPS and KPV promises to be an interesting one.
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.
VPS form and stats
VPS's first home game here at Elisa Stadion ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 16 matches. We have seen two home losses in a row now for VPS, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.The home team returns to Elisa Stadion after sharing the points with Ilves on their last time out; the Veikkausliiga game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Inter Turku with the scoreline 1-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how VPS have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
VPS has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game.
KPV form and stats
Having won their last three away games KPV has no reason to fear anyone.KPV failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs RoPS that ended with defeat 0-1. A loss against Ilves was the result prior to that, in a home game.
KPV are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 21 wins, 10 draws and 16 defeats. From a total of 47 matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for VPS, 1 draw and 1 win for KPV.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sarr 1 goals |
VPS missing players
KPV missing players
| VPS | KPV | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | Played | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | Scored | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | Both teams to score | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 100% |
| 2.5 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
| VPS | Last season | KPV | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | Played | 13 | 27 |
| 37 | 20 | Scored | 15 | 44 |
| 43 | 22 | Conceded | 19 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 93% |
| 76% | 94% | Over 1.5 | 77% | 70% |
| 39% | 44% | Over 2.5 | 54% | 56% |
| 24% | 19% | Over 3.5 | 31% | 26% |
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | 8% | 11% |
| 55% | 62% | Both teams to score | 54% | 44% |
| 24% | 12% | Clean Sheet | 15% | 41% |
| 27% | 25% | Failed To Score | 38% | 22% |
| 4 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 2 |
- VPS hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- VPS is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | HJK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | SJK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Ilves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Lahti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | RoPS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | KuPS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Inter Turku | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Honka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | VPS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | HIFK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | KPV | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
