It's the second try for points this league season as VPS and Lahti cross swords at Elisa Stadion.
This ground has artifical turf, which is not Lahti's familiar surface at their own field. When appearing on artifical turf Lahti have performed like this: Played eleven matches with the outcome 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats with the goal difference 24-21 (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
In the previous season, VPS's league statistics were 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss, results that produced 5th place in the League Cup. From these five matches they scored {6 goals} and gave away 6. Performing at their own stadium in the last season VPS generated 1-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with {2 goals} and 1 conceded. The first Veikkausliiga game here at Elisa Stadion resulted in a draw. Last season VPS's home game statistics were 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 2 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for VPS, who played 0-0 against Lahti. That match was also played at this venue (Elisa Stadion).
Before that, VPS played out a League Cup draw 1-1 when visiting KuPS.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does VPS handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
At Elisa Stadion, VPS has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Lahti form and stats
Let's have a look at how Lahti performed last season in the League Cup: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In total they scored 10 and conceded {9 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 5/6 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first Veikkausliiga away game of the season. During their previous season 3 away games resulted in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Lahti has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to VPS for a 0-0 draw.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Inter Turku.Lahti are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
It's early days yet, but Lahti has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the match result VPS - Lahti 0-0 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two VPS victories, six draws and two Lahti wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 3 goals | I. Sadik 3 goals |  K. Multanen 2 goals |
VPS missing players
Lahti missing players
| VPS | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VPS | Last season | Lahti | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 10.4 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 400% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 6 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Oulu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | SJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mariehamn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ilves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lahti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | VPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | KuPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Haka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | KTP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Honka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oulu | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | KuPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 3 | Haka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | SJK | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | VPS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Ilves | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
