Only a few games have been played in the Veikkausliiga so far, with VPS placed 10th and SJK sitting in the 3rd position.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago. That game was a home fixture for SJK, against Ilves. But now it's all about beating VPS!
VPS form and stats
Two home games so far for VPS, who are yet to win here at Elisa Stadion, having collected only 1 point so far.The points were shared in VPS's previous game, also at home. Visiting KPV travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Ilves that finished 0-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for VPS as they are travelling to their away game against Lahti in the Veikkausliiga. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the VPS at home. 3 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
SJK form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 16 matches.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Veikkausliiga home defeat versus Ilves with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs HJK.
After this away game SJK return home for a Veikkausliiga game against KPV. That game is only four sleeps after this.
SJK has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 2 - 5 (VPS wins - draws - SJK wins).Top Goalscorers
  D. Oliynyk 2 goals |   M. Sarr 1 goals |
VPS missing players
SJK missing players
| VPS | SJK | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | Played | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Scored | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 25% |
| 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 25% |
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | Both teams to score | 100% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 50% |
| 2.7 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | 2 | 3.8 |
| 6.3 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | 7 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 2 |
| VPS | Last season | SJK | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | Played | 16 | 33 |
| 37 | 20 | Scored | 9 | 28 |
| 43 | 22 | Conceded | 18 | 37 |
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 91% |
| 76% | 94% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 52% |
| 39% | 44% | Over 2.5 | 12% | 27% |
| 24% | 19% | Over 3.5 | 12% | 21% |
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 6% |
| 55% | 62% | Both teams to score | 25% | 33% |
| 24% | 12% | Clean Sheet | 25% | 30% |
| 27% | 25% | Failed To Score | 56% | 45% |
| 4 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Ilves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | SJK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Mariehamn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Honka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | RoPS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | KuPS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | VPS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | KPV | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | HIFK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
