This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike TPS's home stadium. The visitors last nine games on artificial turf have ended in 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses.
MYPA form and stats
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for MYPA, who have participated in five training matches. MYPA have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.
It's the first season at a new level for MYPA as they were promoted from Kakkonen last season. Happy days that were secured through 12 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 22 games. The team scored 32 goals at home last season and conceded 19. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
TPS form and stats
It's a day of discovery for TPS as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which TPS have played five with the results W3-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games TPS has scored 11 goals and conceded 8 times.
The last season was not a pleasant experience for TPS as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 33 games, relegation was a fact. TPS's manager T. Pikkarainen are hoping to lead the team right back to Veikkausliiga at the first attempt.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 MYPA victories, 2 draws and 3 TPS wins.MYPA missing players
TPS missing players
| MYPA | Last season | TPS | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | Played | 17 | 33 |
| 53 | 32 | Scored | 19 | 37 |
| 44 | 19 | Conceded | 36 | 55 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 88% |
| 91% | 91% | Over 1.5 | 88% | 76% |
| 74% | 64% | Over 2.5 | 65% | 52% |
| 43% | 55% | Over 3.5 | 41% | 36% |
| 35% | 45% | Over 4.5 | 24% | 21% |
| 74% | 73% | Both teams to score | 53% | 48% |
| 17% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 6% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | Failed To Score | 47% | 45% |
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners For (avg) | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
- MYPA hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- TPS is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- MYPA has scored in all of their 11 home matches.
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | MYPA | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 40 |
| 2 | JäPS | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 38 |
| 3 | JIPPO | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | MiPK | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 37 |
| 5 | PEPO | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 36 |
| 6 | Gnistan | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | MP | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Viikingit | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | NJS | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 27 |
| 10 | Vaajakoski | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | PKKU | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | LPS | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 87 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 42 | -61 | 5 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | HJK | 33 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 42 | 78 |
| 2 | RoPS | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 62 |
| 3 | KuPS | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Honka | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 58 |
| 5 | Ilves | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 49 |
| 6 | VPS | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 41 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -7 | 40 |
| 8 | Lahti | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 40 |
| 9 | SJK | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 32 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -22 | 31 |
| 11 | TPS | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | -18 | 29 |
| 12 | PS Kemi | 33 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 35 | -30 | 24 |