The league table in Ykkonen tells a story about these teams so far, with Oulu leading Kajaani by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Oulu's stadium, Raatin stadion, has a grass surface. Kajaani have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kajaani when playing on grass; 5 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses from 25 matches. They have scored 34 goals in these games and conceded 58.
Oulu form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Raatin stadion as Oulu, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Ykkonen, have scored 12 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Ykkonen are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Oulu faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jaro (0-2). Preceding that match was the home game against KPV that was lost 1-2.
The manager J. Ahola will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to KTP in only four days.
A decent goal production from Oulu in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Oulu have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 homematches.
Kajaani form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kajaani in their Ykkonen matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Kajaani are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
H. Mohamed was the last player to score for the away team. Kajaani haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
Kajaani lost away at EIF (0-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting MP.
Kajaani lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A quick return to home after this game, as Kajaani are hosting VPS in the Ykkonen only four days away.
Kajaani have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Kajaani in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 awaymatches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kajaani - Oulu 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Oulu wins - draws - Kajaani wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Heikkilä 5 goals | N. Jokelainen 4 goals |  G. Acheampong 4 goals |
Oulu missing players
Kajaani missing players
| Oulu | Kajaani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 69% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 53% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 175 | 83 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 60 | 70 |
| 71 | 37 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 28 | 32 |
| 32% | 32% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 53% |
- Kajaani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oulu has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Ykkonen
- Oulu has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ykkonen
- Oulu has the most clean sheets (5) at home in Ykkonen
- Oulu has the most points from losing position (8) in Ykkonen
- Oulu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 |