It's still early in the Ykkonen season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the MP - Kajaani preview!
MP and Kajaani should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Kajaani's home stadium. The visitors last 27 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses.
MP form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Ykkonen game of the season here at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from MP's 2 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on MP to get some points in this home game. The MP manager J. Pasoja might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
MP are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Jaro. Ahead of that match, MP lost 1-2 at home to KPV.
Early season league goal statistics from MP's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Kajaani form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ykkonen, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 14 matches.
Kajaani played 1-1 against Gnistan in their previous match. Prior to that result Kajaani won their away game at MuSa. The scoreline was 2-0.
2 goals so far away for Kajaani, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Acheampong 2 goals |  A. Räisänen 1 goals | M. Pitkänen 1 goals |
MP missing players
Kajaani missing players
| MP | Kajaani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 8 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 125% |
| MP | Last season | Kajaani | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 15 | ||
| 47 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 28 | 52 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 89% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 70% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 33% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 15% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 67% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 15% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 22% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 281 | 127 | Total Shots | T S | 160 | 175 | ||
| 136 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 71 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 49% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Jaro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | EIF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | KTP | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Kajaani | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | KPV | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | VPS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MuSa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Gnistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | MYPA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | MP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | SJK Akatemia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | MP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 54 |
| 2 | JIPPO | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | JäPS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 38 |
| 4 | Viikingit | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 37 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Haka | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 54 | 74 |
| 2 | TPS | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | Jaro | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | KTP | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 42 |
| 5 | MuSa | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 31 | -14 | 38 |
| 6 | EIF | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -13 | 30 |
| 7 | Oulu | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Kajaani | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -12 | 24 |
| 9 | MYPA | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 33 | -32 | 22 |
| 10 | TPV | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -24 | 21 |