Gnistan hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 9th position in the Ykkonen table. Visiting KPV holds 7th place with 28 pts.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting KPV have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-4-10 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.
Gnistan form and stats
Gnistan have played 10 Ykkonen games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Gnistan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at VPS's place. The match ended 5-3 with M. Ömer, Luquinhas (2), R. Huhtala and N. Anyamele scoring. Ahead of that match, Gnistan lost 1-2 at home to Oulu.
A very satisfying win for Gnistan against VPS last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through N. Anyamele's goal in the 89th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Gnistan, with a total of 8 goals in the match against VPS. Fun stuff to watch!
A decent goal production from Gnistan in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
KPV form and stats
Playing away, KPV have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ykkonen this season.
KPV are looking to quickly end their 185 minutes long goal drought in the Ykkonen.
The manager J. Uotinen was unhappy after their last game, a Ykkonen match played at their home ground Kokkolan Keskuskenttä. KPV suffered a 0-1 loss to MuSa (placed 6th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus KTP that ended 0-0.
The visiting KPV have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by KPV in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: KPV - Gnistan 6-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Gnistan won one, KPV won two and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Tarvonen 10 goals |  C. Morais Ferreira dos Santos 6 goals | A. Pahkasalo 6 goals |
Gnistan missing players
KPV missing players
| Gnistan | KPV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 33 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 38 |
| 49 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 90% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 71% |
| 81% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 52% |
| 52% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 76% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 201 | 108 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 113 | 243 |
| 93 | 45 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 41 | 103 |
| 35% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 22% | 36% |
- Gnistan has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ykkonen
- Gnistan has the most matches over the total-line (15) in Ykkonen
- 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 | Oulu | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 44 |
| 2 | KTP | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Jaro | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | EIF | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 36 |
| 5 | VPS | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | MuSa | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 7 | KPV | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | MP | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Gnistan | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 32 | -16 | 22 |
| 10 | Kajaani | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | SJK Akatemia | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 30 | -29 | 12 |
| 12 | MYPA | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | -46 | 6 |