Only the second game in the Ykkonen for these teams and it's all to play for here at Ekenäs Centrumplan as EIF welcomes TPS. Check out this preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not TPS's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf TPS have performed like this: Played nine matches resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats with the goal stats 6-13 (scored/conceded).
EIF form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first game of the season here at Ekenäs Centrumplan. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from EIF's 13 home games.The EIF fans got no joy from their last match, a Ykkonen game also here at Ekenäs Centrumplan: A 1-2 defeat against Jaro. Heartbreak before that as EIF lost 1-2 at Kajaani's place.
EIF has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game.
Last season, EIF's league statistics were 12 wins, 11 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Ykkonen. Over these 27 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season EIF managed 8-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 14 conceded.
TPS 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 2 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats from 17 matches.It's the second away game in a row for TPS, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus MYPA in the Ykkonen last time out. A 1-2 defeat away at Kajaani before that.
1 goal so far away for TPS, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 match.
Let's have a look at how TPS performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 12 with 19/36 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 1 - 8 (EIF wins - draws - TPS wins).EIF missing players
TPS missing players
| EIF | TPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIF | Last season | TPS | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | 17 | 33 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | 12 | 18 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | 19 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | 36 | 55 | ||
| 81% | 77% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 67% | 62% | Over 1.5 | 88% | 76% | ||
| 37% | 54% | Over 2.5 | 65% | 52% | ||
| 22% | 31% | Over 3.5 | 41% | 36% | ||
| 15% | 31% | Over 4.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | 6% | 18% | ||
| 30% | 38% | Failed To Score | 47% | 45% | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red Cards | 2 | 3 | ||
- TPS is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- EIF is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 23-02-19 | | Kajaani | 2 - 1 | EIF |
| 06-04-19 | | EIF | 2 - 1 | SalPa |
| 13-04-19 | | EIF | 2 - 2 | Tampere United |
| 20-04-19 | | EIF | 1 - 2 | PEPO |
| 27-04-19 | | EIF | 1 - 2 | Jaro |
| 04-05-19 | | EIF | 14:00 | TPS |
| 13-05-19 | | KTP | 15:30 | EIF |
| 18-05-19 | | EIF | 14:00 | MYPA |
| 22-05-19 | | TPV | 15:30 | EIF |
| 30-05-19 | | EIF | 12:00 | Kajaani |
| 15-03-19 | | TPS | 1 - 0 | SJK |
| 06-04-19 | | TPS | 2 - 1 | KTP |
| 13-04-19 | | TPS | 7 - 0 | P-Iirot |
| 20-04-19 | | Haka | 0 - 1 | TPS |
| 27-04-19 | | MYPA | 0 - 1 | TPS |
| 04-05-19 | | EIF | 14:00 | TPS |
| 09-05-19 | | TPS | 15:30 | TPV |
| 15-05-19 | | TPS | 15:30 | Kajaani |
| 25-05-19 | | Oulu | 14:00 | TPS |
| 29-05-19 | | TPS | 15:30 | Haka |
| 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 | Haka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Jaro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | MuSa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Oulu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | TPS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | EIF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Kajaani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | KTP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | MYPA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | TPV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
