With their 4 point advantage in the league table, MP fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Gnistan.
It's no vacation for neither MP nor Gnistan as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gnistan play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Gnistan when playing on grass are 6 wins, 6 draws and 13 defeats from 25 matches. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 48 times in these games.
MP form and stats
MP's struggle is real here at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto with only 4 points collected from 6 Ykkonen games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for MP, their manager J. Pasoja and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
MP manager J. Pasoja and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus MuSa (placed 6th) in the Ykkonen. Before that, MP played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Kajaani.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as SJK Akatemia are coming to town in four days.
MP are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Gnistan form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gnistan so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Gnistan are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ykkonen against SJK Akatemia (placed 12th). Before that, Gnistan secured a home win against MuSa with the score 3-1.
A new game in only four days for Gnistan, the Ykkonen home match versus EIF. Busy days.
The visiting Gnistan have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. Gnistan can't defend away. 24 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Gnistan - MP 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): MP four wins, two draws and Gnistan four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. de Almeida Caé da Conceição 5 goals |  A. Räisänen 4 goals | I. Äijö 3 goals |
MP missing players
Gnistan missing players
| MP | Gnistan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | 36 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 62% | 44% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 25% | 19% |
| 60% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | 48 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 52 | 138 |
| 52 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 53 |
| 31% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | 36% |
- All of Gnistan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gnistan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gnistan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gnistan have yet to win a game away.
- Gnistan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- MP has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ykkonen
- MP has the fewest points (4) at home in Ykkonen
- MP have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- MP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- MP haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | KTP | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Jaro | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 3 | Oulu | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | VPS | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | EIF | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 25 |
| 6 | MuSa | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | KPV | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | MP | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Kajaani | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Gnistan | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -17 | 15 |
| 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 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 24 | -28 | 6 |