The league table in Ykkonen tells a story about these teams so far, with KTP leading Kajaani by 21 points. Match preview to follow:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This pitch has grass, which is not Kajaani's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Kajaani have performed like this: Played 27 matches resulting in 5 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 37-67 (scored/conceded).
KTP form and stats
When playing at home in the Ykkonen, KTP, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Ykkonen, have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.
A good away victory last time out for KTP, who won 3-2 against MP (placed 8th). Before that, KTP drew at home versus KPV.
The victory against MP came after A. Eerola's winning goal. The KTP manager A. Arbeiter was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 74th minute.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for KTP home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
KTP can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 20 times. On the other hand, KTP have conceded 10 goals.
Kajaani form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kajaani so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Kajaani failed to get anything from their last game, a Ykkonen home match vs SJK Akatemia (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Kajaani secured a home win against MYPA with the score 10-2.
You'll want to know how Kajaani managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found seven similar matches resulting in zero away wins, three draws and four home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kajaani have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. The Kajaani manager M. Lumijärvi has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
KTP and Kajaani have met before this season: Kajaani - KTP 2-3. KTP-Kajaani H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: KTP six wins, Kajaani two wins, zero draws. seven of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mäkijärvi 9 goals | M. Junco Martínez 8 goals |  G. Acheampong 7 goals |
KTP missing players
Kajaani missing players
| KTP | Kajaani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 43 | 20 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 84% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 79% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 76% |
| 63% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 38% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 57% |
| 58% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 204 | 116 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 82 | 144 |
| 100 | 59 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 35 | 72 |
| 43% | 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 43% |
- KTP has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ykkonen
- KTP has the most clean sheets (11) in Ykkonen
- KTP has the the best goal difference (+28) in Ykkonen
- KTP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KTP is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Kajaani has the most matches under the total-line (13) in Ykkonen
- Kajaani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 |