Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for KTP - EIF!
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.
EIF play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for EIF when playing on grass are 3 wins, 8 draws and 15 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 26 goals and conceded 51 times in these games.
KTP form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Ykkonen games here at Arto Tolsa Areena for KTP. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. KTP has recorded two wins in a row here at Arto Tolsa Areena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
KTP are confident in defense, having played 293 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
KTP's last game was hosting Gnistan (placed 10th) and winning 4-0. In the preceding match a 6-0 victory visiting MuSa.
As mentioned above, KTP "killed" Gnistan in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Mika when beating Gnistan, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
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 KTP have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost zero.
The KTP manager A. Arbeiter has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. From these home matches, KTP have conceded only 6 goals.
EIF form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ykkonen travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. EIF has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The supporters enjoyed EIF's previous game versus Kajaani (placed 9th), a Ykkonen 5-0 win played at home. A 2-4 defeat away at Jaro before that.
As you can tell from the results above, EIF was very dominant against Kajaani, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with D. Smith, Z. Sukunda, J. Liukkonen (2) and X. Gela providing the goals.
EIF are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of six matches.
The visiting EIF have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. EIF have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
KTP and EIF have met before this season: EIF - KTP 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for KTP, one draw and four wins for EIF. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Smith 9 goals | J. Liukkonen 8 goals |  A. Mäkijärvi 7 goals |
KTP missing players
EIF missing players
| KTP | EIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 20% |
| 36% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 144 | 93 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 72 | 134 |
| 77 | 52 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 35 | 69 |
| 43% | 31% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 41% |
- EIF has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ykkonen
- EIF has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Ykkonen
- EIF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- EIF haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- KTP has the most clean sheets (9) in Ykkonen
- KTP has the the best goal difference (+24) in Ykkonen
- KTP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KTP is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | KTP | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 31 |
| 3 | Jaro | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | EIF | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | VPS | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | MuSa | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 7 | KPV | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | MP | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Kajaani | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Gnistan | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -18 | 12 |
| 11 | MYPA | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -23 | 6 |
| 12 | SJK Akatemia | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -27 | 6 |