It's still early in the Ykkonen season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Gnistan - KTP preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike KTP's home stadium. The visitors last 13 games on artifical turf have ended in 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.
Gnistan form and stats
Gnistan's first Ykkonen home game here at Mustapekka Areena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 2 matches.
Gnistan shared the glory with Kajaani in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Jaro (1-2).
R. Huhtala was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Kajaani after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Gnistan at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
KTP form and stats
KTP are still undefeated on their travels in the Ykkonen. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
The KTP goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 263 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
KTP delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against MuSa (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Ykkonen game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at SJK Akatemia.
4 goals so far away for KTP, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Gnistan wins - draws - KTP wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Huhtala 1 goals | K. Liikonen 1 goals |  R. Bonet Badía 1 goals |
Gnistan missing players
KTP missing players
| Gnistan | KTP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 2.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 7.5 | 6.7 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 12 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 67% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 31% |
| Gnistan | Last season | KTP | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 66 | 35 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 74% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 26% | ||
| 72% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 15% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 30% | ||
| 6.8 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 275 | 155 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 285 | ||
| 128 | 79 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 127 | ||
| 48% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Jaro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | EIF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | KTP | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Kajaani | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | KPV | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | VPS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MuSa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Gnistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | MYPA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | MP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | SJK Akatemia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 61 |
| 2 | KaaPo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 43 |
| 3 | FC Espoo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Ilves II | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 38 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Haka | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 54 | 74 |
| 2 | TPS | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | Jaro | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | KTP | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 42 |
| 5 | MuSa | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 31 | -14 | 38 |
| 6 | EIF | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -13 | 30 |
| 7 | Oulu | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Kajaani | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -12 | 24 |
| 9 | MYPA | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 33 | -32 | 22 |
| 10 | TPV | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -24 | 21 |