Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when MP welcomes MYPA

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Competition: Finland Ykkonen
Competition: Fri 16.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mikkelin Urheilupuisto (7000 seats)

With their 19 point advantage in the league table, MP fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against MYPA.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

3 - 6 - 17 with 25-66. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for MYPA when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. MYPA play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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MP form and stats

MP, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ykkonen, have played 8 Ykkonen games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto.

In their previous game, the manager J. Pasoja led his MP to a defeat in the Ykkonen match away at EIF. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto. Before that, MP had a home game versus SJK Akatemia which ended with a victory 2-1.

MP are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew one and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for MP, as the Ykkonen home game vs KTP is only four days away.

MP are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. MP have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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MYPA form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for MYPA, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Ykkonen, so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-8 (win-draw-lose). MYPA are still without points from their Ykkonen away games. 8 games, 8 defeats. MYPA are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the SJK Akatemia fixture. Bitter travels for MYPA as they have lost eight games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the VPS match.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ykkonen home defeat versus Gnistan with 2-4 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus MuSa.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for MYPA, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where MYPA played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected six times.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. MYPA can't defend away. 25 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. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

MP and MYPA have met before this season: MYPA - MP 0-1. Last six meetings between the teams: MP won four, MYPA won zero and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MPA. Räisänen
A. Räisänen
5 goals
MYPAJ. Laitinen
J. Laitinen
4 goals
MPI. Äijö
I. Äijö
3 goals

MP missing players

MYPA missing players

MP MYPA
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 8 18
7 3 3 Won W 0 0 1
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
7 4 0 Lost L 3 8 14
21 11 7 Scored S 1 5 18
24 11 3 Conceded C 11 25 50
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
72% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 78%
61% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 67%
17% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 62% 50%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 50% 44%
61% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 56%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
28% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 62% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 0.9 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.9 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
136 67 29 Total Shots T S 21 42 145
67 31 16 Shots on Target S O 8 21 80
31% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 22%
Key stats in Ykkonen this season:
  • MP has the fewest clean sheets (0) 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 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as MYPA have scored away.
  • MP haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • MYPA has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ykkonen
  • MYPA has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Ykkonen
  • MYPA has the most conceded goals (50) in Ykkonen
  • MYPA has the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Ykkonen
  • MYPA has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Ykkonen
  • MYPA has the the worst goal difference (-20) away in Ykkonen
  • MYPA has the the worst goal difference (-32) in Ykkonen
  • MYPA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • MYPA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • MYPA have lost all their away matches so far.
  • MYPA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MYPA haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • MYPA is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 19 12 5 2 28 14 10 6 3 1 15 6 9 6 2 1 13 8 14 41
2 KTP 17 11 4 2 40 13 9 5 2 2 20 10 8 6 2 0 20 3 27 37
3 Jaro 18 11 4 3 43 22 9 7 1 1 26 8 9 4 3 2 17 14 21 37
4 EIF 19 8 6 5 37 20 9 6 2 1 21 4 10 2 4 4 16 16 17 30
5 VPS 18 8 5 5 28 25 9 4 3 2 15 11 9 4 2 3 13 14 3 29
6 MuSa 19 8 4 7 34 35 9 5 1 3 18 18 10 3 3 4 16 17 -1 28
7 KPV 19 8 3 8 38 28 10 4 2 4 28 14 9 4 1 4 10 14 10 27
8 MP 18 7 4 7 21 24 8 3 1 4 11 11 10 4 3 3 10 13 -3 25
9 Gnistan 19 5 4 10 27 44 9 4 1 4 14 15 10 1 3 6 13 29 -17 19
10 Kajaani 18 3 7 8 20 32 9 1 4 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 11 19 -12 16
11 SJK Akatemia 18 2 3 13 15 42 9 2 3 4 8 16 9 0 0 9 7 26 -27 9
12 MYPA 18 1 3 14 18 50 10 1 3 6 13 25 8 0 0 8 5 25 -32 6

Read more about Ykkonen

Ykkönen (meaning “Number one” in English) is the second highest level of football in Finland. It is played from April/May until October and has ten teams. They all play three matches against each other, resulting in 27 fixtures. The top team of the final league table is promoted while number two plays a promotion playoff. The bottom two clubs are relegated.