SJK visit VPS and Elisa Stadion packed with optimism, but the team playing at home is no muppet. More news on the match here!
- VPS is in the best form (6-0-0) in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Veikkausliiga
VPS's stadium, Elisa Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. SJK have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for SJK when playing on artifical turf; 7 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from 21 matches. They have scored {24 goals} in these games and conceded 33.
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 have collected 14 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 4-2-3. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as VPS has won six games in a row. The Honka match was the last time out without a victory.
A good away victory last time out for VPS, who won 2-0 against Ilves (placed 8th).
Before that, VPS had a home game versus Haka which ended with a victory 4-1.It should be noted that a look at the 11 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
VPS has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, VPS have conceded only 7 goals.
SJK form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the Veikkausliiga.
SJK might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. HJK proved too strong as SJK slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at OmaSP Stadion. That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Inter Turku.SJK find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. SJK's manager Gómez has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {3 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent games involving these two teams have all ended as SJK victories. Will history repeat itself?The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result SJK - VPS 2-1 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals | J. Pikkarainen 1 goals | S. Alanko 1 goals |
VPS missing players
SJK missing players
| VPS | SJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 82% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 65% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 41% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 62% | 53% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 18% |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 10.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 33% |
| 10.4 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 7.4 | 7.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
- SJK have not yet lost a game away.
- SJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- SJK have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Veikkausliiga
- VPS is in the best form (6-0-0) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | KuPS | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | SJK | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Oulu | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | VPS | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Honka | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Ilves | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | KTP | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | Haka | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 11 | Lahti | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 12 | Mariehamn | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
