These two participants are enjoying a good season so far and occasions like today could be key. Get ready for RoPS - VPS!
- RoPS is in the best form (5-0-1)
- VPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This promises to be an intriguing game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
RoPS form and stats
When playing at home in the Ykkonen, RoPS, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Ykkonen, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. RoPS has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä. We remember; it was TPS.
A good away victory last time out for RoPS, who won 3-2 against TPS (placed 5th).
Ahead of that match, RoPS won a home game hosting Klubi-04 (4-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does RoPS handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and three defeats.
RoPS have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä with 15 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. RoPS have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
VPS form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ykkonen travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
VPS are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Ykkonen against MuSa (placed 11th). As you can tell from the results above, VPS was very dominant against MuSa, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with M. Niemi, K. Multanen, A. Ceesay and L. Kassim providing the goals.
Prior to that match, the VPS manager J. Nuorela faced defeat when travelling to Klubi-04 and losing 0-1.VPS are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting TPS in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far VPS have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, VPS have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
RoPS and VPS have met already this season: VPS - RoPS 2-2. RoPS-VPS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: RoPS seven wins, VPS two wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Roiha 9 goals | V. Hänninen 6 goals |  S. Morrissey 5 goals |
RoPS missing players
VPS missing players
| RoPS | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 28 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 89% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 56% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 59% |
| 39% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 28% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 42% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 34% | 40% |
- RoPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- RoPS have the the best goal difference (+11) in Ykkonen
- RoPS is in the best form (5-0-1)
- VPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | VPS | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Jaro | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | EIF | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | TPS | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Gnistan | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | KPV | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | MP | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | PK-35 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Klubi-04 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | MuSa | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 12 | JIPPO | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 15 |