The visiting EIF side should be favourites in this visit to Gnistan, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gnistan form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Gnistan have to build on here at Mustapekka Areena in the Ykkonen. Gnistan are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The fans are hoping that Gnistan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Ykkonen game against MP (placed 7th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting SJK Akatemia in a game that was won 2-1.
Gnistan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gnistan have conceded 12 from these games.
EIF form and stats
There's been little loot from EIF's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Ykkonen. EIF only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Estlander, the EIF manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There were no winners in EIF's previous match, a Ykkonen home game that ended 1-1 vs MuSa (placed 6th). Prior to that match, the EIF manager J. Estlander faced defeat when travelling to KTP and losing 2-3.
EIF find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by EIF in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; EIF - Gnistan 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Gnistan won two games, one match ended with a draw and EIF has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / threeTop Goalscorers
  D. Smith 10 goals | J. Liukkonen 8 goals |  D. de Almeida Caé da Conceição 5 goals |
Gnistan missing players
EIF missing players
| Gnistan | EIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 39 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 35% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | 86 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 96 | 174 |
| 62 | 33 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 42 | 81 |
| 32% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 31% | 38% |
- EIF has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ykkonen
- EIF haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gnistan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KTP | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 37 |
| 2 | Jaro | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Oulu | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | EIF | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | VPS | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | MuSa | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | MP | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | KPV | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Kajaani | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Gnistan | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | -19 | 15 |
| 11 | SJK Akatemia | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 24 | -26 | 9 |
| 12 | MYPA | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -26 | 6 |