Oulu perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. MP can look both up and down from their 7th position.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ykkonen game only four days ago.
Oulu form and stats
Oulu have performed here at Raatin stadion this season with 6 wins from 10 Ykkonen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
A strong away win for Oulu against Gnistan the last match, as Fareed Sadat and A. Heikkilä were on target. Ahead of that match, Oulu won a home game hosting MuSa (2-1).
A decent goal production from Oulu in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Oulu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Raatin stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
MP form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ykkonen travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
MP might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. KTP proved too strong as MP slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto. Before that, MP secured a home win against MYPA with the score 4-0.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far MP have scored 10 goals in 10 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by MP in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the MP - Oulu 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Oulu five wins, one draw and MP two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Heikkilä 8 goals |  A. Räisänen 6 goals | N. Jokelainen 4 goals |
Oulu missing players
MP missing players
| Oulu | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 75% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 45% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| 60% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 60% |
| 35% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 20% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 213 | 102 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 69 | 176 |
| 91 | 47 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 36 | 88 |
| 33% | 32% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | 31% |
- Oulu has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Ykkonen
- Oulu has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ykkonen
- Oulu has the most points from losing position (12) in Ykkonen
- Oulu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 44 |
| 2 | KTP | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Jaro | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | EIF | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 33 |
| 5 | VPS | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | KPV | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | MP | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | MuSa | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Gnistan | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | -18 | 19 |
| 10 | Kajaani | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 17 |
| 11 | SJK Akatemia | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -30 | 9 |
| 12 | MYPA | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | -36 | 6 |