Kajaani hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 9th position in the Ykkonen table. Visiting MP holds 7th place with 17 pts.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ykkonen. That game was an away game at Gnistan, so at least Kajaani are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kajaani's stadium, Kajaanin liikuntapuisto, has a artifical turf surface. MP 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 MP when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from twelve matches. They have scored 27 goals in these games and conceded 16.
Kajaani form and stats
With 1 Ykkonen win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Kajaani are certainly not brimming with confidence.
In their previous game, the manager M. Lumijärvi led his Kajaani to a defeat in the Ykkonen match away at Gnistan. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kajaanin liikuntapuisto. Before that, Kajaani had a home game versus MuSa which ended with a victory 3-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kajaani have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kajaani as they are travelling to their away game against EIF in the Ykkonen. That match is four days after this one.
Kajaani has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kajaani defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
MP form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of MP playing as the away team in the Ykkonen this season. MP has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
MP's previous game was their home loss versus Jaro (1-2). Preceding that game was the away victory against KPV with the score of 2-1.
We have checked recent matches where MP have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, one draw and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for MP, the Ykkonen home match versus KTP. Busy days.
MP are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 9 goals have been conceded by MP in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; MP - Kajaani 2-1.Top Goalscorers
  G. Acheampong 4 goals | H. Mohamed 4 goals |  A. Räisänen 4 goals |
Kajaani missing players
MP missing players
| Kajaani | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 16 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 69% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 62% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 62% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 15% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 23% |
| 3.1 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 2.9 | 0.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 59 | 107 |
| 31 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 30 | 49 |
| 55% | 225% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | 31% |
- Kajaani have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Kajaani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kajaani have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kajaani haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- MP 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 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | KTP | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 28 |
| 3 | Jaro | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | EIF | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | VPS | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | MuSa | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | MP | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | KPV | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Kajaani | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Gnistan | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 9 |
| 11 | MYPA | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -17 | 5 |
| 12 | SJK Akatemia | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -26 | 5 |