Kajaani hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 9th position in the Ykkonen table. Visiting VPS holds 5th place with 26 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kajaani and VPS.
Kajaani form and stats
Kajaani's results here at Kajaanin liikuntapuisto in the Ykkonen have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Kajaani, facing Oulu in a game that ended 1-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at EIF.
This is expected to be a close game, with Kajaani perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kajaani as a small favourite), we find three games. Kajaani has won zero of these, drawn one and lost two.
The Kajaani fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kajaani's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
VPS form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ykkonen.
VPS might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Jaro proved too strong as VPS slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Elisa Stadion (Vaasa). Prior to that result VPS won their away game at KPV. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by VPS in our archives, and the results are: one win for VPS, four draws and three defeats.
VPS find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. VPS struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; VPS - Kajaani 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Kajaani won zero games, one match ended with a draw and VPS has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  S. Strandvall 7 goals | S. Alanko 6 goals |  G. Acheampong 5 goals |
Kajaani missing players
VPS missing players
| Kajaani | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 11 | 26 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 31% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 18% |
| 56% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 19% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 67 | 139 |
| 34 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 37 | 66 |
| 53% | 225% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 30% | 39% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KTP | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 37 |
| 2 | Jaro | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Oulu | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | EIF | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | VPS | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | MuSa | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | MP | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | KPV | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Kajaani | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Gnistan | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | -19 | 15 |
| 11 | SJK Akatemia | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 24 | -26 | 9 |
| 12 | MYPA | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -26 | 6 |