Mustapekka Areena: Gnistan vs EIF Ykkonen full preview

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Competition: Finland Ykkonen
Competition: Fri 10.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mustapekka Areena (2500 seats)

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, good and bad giving mid-table places so far. Gear up for Gnistan - EIF!

Insights:
  • EIF have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Ykkonen

This has all the signs of an intriguing game with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Gnistan form and stats

3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ykkonen numbers at home for Gnistan so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Gnistan after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Gnistan's previous game was a Ykkonen match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Klubi-04 (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting MP (1-2).

The Gnistan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gnistan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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EIF form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for EIF so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

EIF might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. TPS proved too strong as EIF slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Ekenäs Centrumplan.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Jaro.

EIF has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. EIF have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

EIF - Gnistan 2-0 was the end result in these teams' previous H2H match, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Gnistan won three games, two matches ended in a draw and EIF managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

GnistanD. de Almeida Caé da Conceição
D. de Almeida Caé da Conceição
11 goals
EIFS. Efimov
S. Efimov
8 goals
GnistanR. Huhtala
R. Huhtala
4 goals

Gnistan missing players

EIF missing players

Gnistan EIF
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
8 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
3 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
8 4 1 Lost L 1 4 6
29 9 4 Scored S 4 16 34
25 10 3 Conceded C 4 17 28
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
84% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
53% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 63%
26% 11% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 32%
21% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 21%
47% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 74%
26% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
32% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
4.4 4.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 6.2 5.6
4.5 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4 4.5
2.9 3.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
9.2 9.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 9.2 9.7
3.7 3.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.9
41% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 40% 36%
Key stats in Ykkonen this season:
  • EIF have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Ykkonen
  • EIF have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Ykkonen

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RoPS 19 10 5 4 34 22 10 6 2 2 18 8 9 4 3 2 16 14 12 35
2 TPS 19 8 7 4 22 16 9 1 4 4 9 12 10 7 3 0 13 4 6 31
3 VPS 19 8 6 5 31 23 9 6 2 1 19 8 10 2 4 4 12 15 8 30
4 Jaro 19 8 6 5 24 20 9 2 6 1 10 8 10 6 0 4 14 12 4 30
5 EIF 19 7 6 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 18 11 9 2 3 4 16 17 6 27
6 Gnistan 19 8 3 8 29 25 9 3 2 4 9 10 10 5 1 4 20 15 4 27
7 PK-35 18 6 6 6 22 26 9 5 2 2 16 12 9 1 4 4 6 14 -4 24
8 MP 19 6 5 8 26 30 10 5 2 3 15 12 9 1 3 5 11 18 -4 23
9 KPV 19 5 7 7 20 21 9 2 3 4 10 12 10 3 4 3 10 9 -1 22
10 Klubi-04 19 6 2 11 22 30 9 4 0 5 13 12 10 2 2 6 9 18 -8 20
11 MuSa 19 4 8 7 21 33 10 3 4 3 15 17 9 1 4 4 6 16 -12 20
12 JIPPO 18 5 3 10 14 25 10 3 2 5 11 14 8 2 1 5 3 11 -11 18

Read more about Ykkonen

Ykkönen (meaning “Number one” in English) is the second highest level of football in Finland. It is played from April/May until October and has ten teams. They all play three matches against each other, resulting in 27 fixtures. The top team of the final league table is promoted while number two plays a promotion playoff. The bottom two clubs are relegated.