The table tells us that 13 points separate the pair of contenders in this Ykkonen game. RoPS hold both the points- and home advantage.
- RoPS have the the best goal difference (+14) in Ykkonen
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for RoPS and KPV.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting KPV have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-2-10 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.
RoPS form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 10 Ykkonen games here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä for RoPS. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. RoPS has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä. We remember; it was TPS.
RoPS are confident in defense, having played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for RoPS against Jaro the last match, as S. Vujaklija were on target. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Alamäki when S. Vujaklija scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Before that match, a win away at Klubi-04.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does RoPS handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and three defeats.
The RoPS fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, RoPS have conceded only 8 goals.
KPV form and stats
The supporters enjoyed KPV's previous game versus EIF (placed 5th), a Ykkonen 2-1 win played at home.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus JIPPO.We have checked recent matches where KPV have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were five victories, three draws and three defeats.
The visiting KPV have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
KPV - RoPS 1-1 was the result in these contenders' last head to head fixture, earlier this season. Data for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for RoPS, three draws and three wins for KPV. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Roiha 9 goals | V. Hänninen 6 goals |  O. Akpoveta 6 goals |
RoPS missing players
KPV missing players
| RoPS | KPV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 36 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 80% | 90% |
| 76% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 71% |
| 52% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 43% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 43% |
| 33% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.7 | 8.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 45% | 37% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 42% |
- RoPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- RoPS have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Ykkonen
- RoPS have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Ykkonen
- RoPS have the the best goal difference (+14) in Ykkonen
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | TPS | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | VPS | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Jaro | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | EIF | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | KPV | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Gnistan | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | PK-35 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | MP | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | JIPPO | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 21 |
| 11 | MuSa | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 12 | Klubi-04 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 20 |