RoPS vs MP betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä

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Competition: Finland Ykkonen
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä (4000 seats)

This is the Ykkonen season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will RoPS or MP get that important first win?

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting MP 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 7-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.

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RoPS form and stats

Disaster struck RoPS last season as they could not defend their status as a Veikkausliiga team. With 19 defeats from 22 games, and only 1 win, relegation could not be avoided. RoPS are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W0 D2 L9.

There will be little rest for RoPS after this match as they are travelling to JIPPO for a Ykkonen game in only four days.

RoPS have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; RoPS scored 1 goal and let in 4 goals during these four games.

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MP form and stats

Let's have a look at how MP performed last season in the Ykkonen: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 10/19 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and MP playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.

A new game in only four days for MP, the Ykkonen home match versus EIF. Busy days.

MP played seven friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In these seven matches MP scored 9 and conceded 6 goals.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): RoPS won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and MP has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zero

RoPS missing players

MP missing players

Total First Half Second Half
RoPS MP
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
RoPS Last season MP
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
1 0   Won W   4 8
2 2   Drew D   3 5
19 9   Lost L   4 9
15 10   Scored S   10 29
51 25   Conceded C   19 35
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
77% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 77%
59% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 68%
45% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 32%
18% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 14%
41% 55%   BTTS BTTS   36% 59%
5% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 18%
55% 45%   Failed to Score F T   45% 27%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
5.9 6.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.3 8.4
2.4 2.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 4.2
29% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 EIF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Gnistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 JIPPO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Klubi-04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KPV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MuSa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 PK-35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RoPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 VPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 HJK 22 14 6 2 53 17 11 6 5 0 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 8 36 48
2 Inter Turku 22 12 5 5 36 17 11 9 1 1 24 6 11 3 4 4 12 11 19 41
3 KuPS 22 12 5 5 39 26 11 7 1 3 20 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 13 41
4 Honka 22 9 10 3 26 17 11 5 4 2 13 9 11 4 6 1 13 8 9 37
5 Ilves 22 10 6 6 37 29 11 5 4 2 20 12 11 5 2 4 17 17 8 36
6 Lahti 22 8 8 6 33 30 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 18 17 3 32
7 SJK 22 8 5 9 27 29 11 4 2 5 14 17 11 4 3 4 13 12 -2 29
8 HIFK 22 8 4 10 29 33 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 4 1 6 16 17 -4 28
9 Mariehamn 22 6 5 11 29 43 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 3 2 6 16 24 -14 23
10 Haka 22 5 7 10 25 41 11 1 2 8 9 25 11 4 5 2 16 16 -16 22
11 TPS 22 6 3 13 23 39 11 5 1 5 14 15 11 1 2 8 9 24 -16 21
12 RoPS 22 1 2 19 15 51 11 0 2 9 10 25 11 1 0 10 5 26 -36 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 +/- P
1 Oulu 22 15 5 2 38 16 11 7 3 1 21 6 11 8 2 1 17 10 22 50
2 KTP 22 14 5 3 51 23 11 5 3 3 21 14 11 9 2 0 30 9 28 47
3 Jaro 22 12 5 5 50 31 11 7 2 2 29 12 11 5 3 3 21 19 19 41
4 EIF 22 10 6 6 45 25 11 7 2 2 26 8 11 3 4 4 19 17 20 36
5 MuSa 22 10 4 8 38 38 11 6 1 4 21 21 11 4 3 4 17 17 0 34
6 VPS 22 9 6 7 37 36 11 4 3 4 20 20 11 5 3 3 17 16 1 33
7 MP 22 8 5 9 29 35 11 4 2 5 19 16 11 4 3 4 10 19 -6 29
8 KPV 22 8 4 10 38 34 11 4 2 5 28 15 11 4 2 5 10 19 4 28
9 Gnistan 22 7 4 11 38 49 11 5 1 5 20 17 11 2 3 6 18 32 -11 25
10 Kajaani 22 5 8 9 35 37 11 2 4 5 19 16 11 3 4 4 16 21 -2 23
11 SJK Akatemia 22 4 3 15 22 49 11 3 3 5 12 19 11 1 0 10 10 30 -27 15
12 MYPA 22 1 3 18 21 69 11 1 3 7 14 28 11 0 0 11 7 41 -48 6

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 EIF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Gnistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 JIPPO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Klubi-04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KPV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MuSa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 PK-35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RoPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 VPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Ykkönen (meaning “Number one” in English) is the second highest level of football in Finland. It is played from April/May until October and has ten teams. They all play three matches against each other, resulting in 27 fixtures. The top team of the final league table is promoted while number two plays a promotion playoff. The bottom two clubs are relegated.