VPS hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 12th position in the Veikkausliiga table. Visiting Lahti holds 8th place with 19 pts.
It's no vacation for neither VPS nor Lahti as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lahti play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical grass. Recent stats for Lahti when playing on artifical grass are 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 10 goals and conceded 20 times in these games.
VPS form and stats
With 0 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, VPS are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for VPS who hasn’t won a game in their last 17 attempts. Their previous win was against Inter Turku. With ten home games in a row without a win, the VPS fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the RoPS game long ago, can be stopped today.The points were shared in VPS's previous game, also at home. Visiting Lahti travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at SJK.
This is expected to be a close game, with VPS perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with VPS as a small favourite), we find ten games. VPS has won 2 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.
VPS are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 8 goals in 8 matches. VPS have conceded 12 from these games.
Lahti form and stats
There's been little loot from Lahti's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games. Lahti only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to VPS in their previous outing. The Veikkausliiga match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Lahti secured a home win against Ilves with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Lahti in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Lahti, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Lahti's away games this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Lahti in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the VPS - Lahti 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): VPS won 2 games, 6 matches ended with a draw and Lahti has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 8Top Goalscorers
  S. Morrissey 4 goals / 1 assists |
VPS missing players
Lahti missing players
| VPS | Lahti | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Lahti have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- VPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VPS have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- VPS have yet to win a game.
- VPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 25-06-19 | | Inter Turku | 1 - 1 | VPS |
| 29-06-19 | | VPS | 1 - 2 | Ilves |
| 06-07-19 | | KPV | 2 - 1 | VPS |
| 13-07-19 | | SJK | 1 - 0 | VPS |
| 20-07-19 | | VPS | 1 - 1 | Lahti |
| 27-07-19 | | HJK | 14:00 | VPS |
| 03-08-19 | | VPS | 14:00 | Honka |
| 11-08-19 | | RoPS | 14:00 | VPS |
| 19-08-19 | | VPS | 15:30 | Mariehamn |
| 24-08-19 | | KuPS | 14:00 | VPS |
| 25-06-19 | | KuPS | 5 - 1 | Lahti |
| 30-06-19 | | Lahti | 0 - 0 | HIFK |
| 05-07-19 | | Inter Turku | 2 - 0 | Lahti |
| 14-07-19 | | Lahti | 1 - 0 | Ilves |
| 20-07-19 | | VPS | 1 - 1 | Lahti |
| 26-07-19 | | SJK | 15:30 | Lahti |
| 04-08-19 | | Lahti | 14:00 | KPV |
| 10-08-19 | | HJK | 14:00 | Lahti |
| 19-08-19 | | Lahti | 15:30 | Honka |
| 25-08-19 | | RoPS | 15:30 | Lahti |
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Honka | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | KuPS | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | HJK | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | SJK | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Mariehamn | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Lahti | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | HIFK | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | RoPS | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | KPV | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 10 |
| 12 | VPS | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 8 |