Match-goers at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto haven’t seen many wins this season, with MP rotting in the 9th position. The opposing PK-35 will attempt to defend their higher league position in this match.
- MP have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Ykkonen
- PK-35 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting PK-35 have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-7-13 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
MP form and stats
When playing at home in the Ykkonen, MP have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
In their previous game, the manager M. Pasanen led his MP to a defeat in the Ykkonen match away at JIPPO. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Ahead of that match, MP won a home game hosting Gnistan (2-1).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 MP have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost two.
The MP fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. MP have conceded 11 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
PK-35 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for PK-35 so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means PK-35 are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
PK-35 won their last game, 2-1 versus Jaro played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting KPV's place.We have checked recent matches where PK-35 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were zero victories, two draws and zero defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting JIPPO in just four days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as PK-35 have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former six meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for MP, two draws and three wins for PK-35. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Muzinga 6 goals | D. Rantanen 4 goals |  K. Denoual 3 goals |
MP missing players
PK-35 missing players
| MP | PK-35 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 25 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 59% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.4 | 7.5 |
| 5.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 22% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 28% | 36% |
- MP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- MP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as PK-35 have scored away.
- MP have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ykkonen
- MP have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Ykkonen
- PK-35 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RoPS | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | VPS | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Jaro | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | TPS | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | EIF | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Gnistan | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | PK-35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | KPV | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | MP | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Klubi-04 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | MuSa | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 12 | JIPPO | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 18 |