There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ykkonen table so far. Here's the EIF - MP latest:
EIF and MP should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not MP's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf MP have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats with the goal stats 27-16 (scored/conceded).
EIF form and stats
EIF, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Ykkonen, have performed here at Ekenäs Centrumplan this season with 5 wins from 8 Ykkonen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Before that, EIF drew at home versus MuSa.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Gnistan as X. Gela's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
EIF can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. EIF have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
MP form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ykkonen travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for MP, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Gnistan.
MP have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by MP in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the MP - EIF 1-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): EIF four wins, one draw and MP zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Smith 10 goals | J. Liukkonen 8 goals | A. Konqobe 5 goals |
EIF missing players
MP missing players
| EIF | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 34 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 71% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 59% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 65% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 179 | 78 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 66 | 133 |
| 84 | 39 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 33 | 64 |
| 40% | 46% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 33% |
- EIF has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Ykkonen
- EIF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | KTP | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 37 |
| 3 | Jaro | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 37 |
| 4 | VPS | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | MuSa | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | EIF | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 27 |
| 7 | MP | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | KPV | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Kajaani | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | Gnistan | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | -19 | 16 |
| 11 | SJK Akatemia | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -27 | 9 |
| 12 | MYPA | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -30 | 6 |