Gnistan greet KPV with expectations of taking all three points. Will they? Read our preview!
- Gnistan have the most scored goals (20) in Ykkonen
- KPV is in the worst form (0-3-3)
It's no vacation for neither Gnistan nor KPV as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gnistan's stadium, Mustapekka Areena, has a artifical turf surface. KPV have grass 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 KPV when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 18 goals in these games and conceded 30.
Gnistan form and stats
The story so far in the Ykkonen for Gnistan, who have the most scored goals (20) in Ykkonen, at their home stadium (Mustapekka Areena) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Gnistan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at MuSa's place. The match ended 4-2 with Douglas Caé, R. Huhtala, A. Lehtojuuri and N. Anyamele scoring. 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?
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against VPS.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as RoPS are coming to town in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gnistan here at Mustapekka Areena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). From these home matches, Gnistan have conceded only 3 goals.
KPV form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ykkonen. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for KPV, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Klubi-04 game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
KPV failed to get anything from their last game, a Ykkonen home match vs VPS (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Late heartbreak for KPV in the VPS match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Before that, KPV travelled to TPS and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ykkonen trip to Jaro.
KPV have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. KPV have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the KPV - Gnistan 0-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Gnistan three wins, one draw and KPV two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. de Almeida Caé da Conceição 8 goals |  C. Chantzopoulos 4 goals | T. Järvinen 3 goals |
Gnistan missing players
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| Gnistan | KPV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 91% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 92% |
| 91% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 92% |
| 45% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 58% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 17% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 9.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 3.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 48% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 46% |
- Gnistan have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Ykkonen
- Gnistan have the most scored goals (20) in Ykkonen
- Gnistan have the the best goal difference (+9) in Ykkonen
- Gnistan is in the best form (5-1-0)
- KPV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- KPV is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gnistan | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | RoPS | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Jaro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | MuSa | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | VPS | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | EIF | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | TPS | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | MP | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | PK-35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | JIPPO | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | Klubi-04 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | KPV | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 8 |