Ykkonen preview: Can TPS edge out victory against KTP?

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Competition: Finland Ykkonen
Competition: Mon 04.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Veritas Stadion (9300 seats)

Sit down for a show! The main antagonists are TPS and KTP, victory is the prize and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • TPS have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Ykkonen
  • KTP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's no vacation for neither TPS nor KTP as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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TPS form and stats

TPS, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Ykkonen, have collected 10 points from their Ykkonen home games so far after 3-1-1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Veritas Stadion.

Nothing to worry about in defence for TPS, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 270 minutes in the Ykkonen.

A strong away win for TPS against JaPS the last match.

Before that match, a win away at Gnistan.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 11 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.

As for guarding their own goal, TPS have only let in 2 goals at home.

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KTP form and stats

1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for KTP in their Ykkonen matches away. KTP has drawn their two previous away games.

Impressive finishing from Ramadingaye, Agyiri, Tarvonen and Mika secured the home win 4-1 against MP in their previous game. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away team? The answer is Mika and that is impressive stuff!

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus PK-35.

KTP are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 6 matches.

KTP has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. KTP have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged scoreline involving both these teams is the KTP - TPS 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three TPS victories, five draws and two KTP wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TPSS. Roiha
S. Roiha
7 goals
KTPM. Junco Martínez
M. Junco Martínez
5 goals
KTPA. Mäkijärvi
A. Mäkijärvi
4 goals

TPS missing players

KTP missing players

TPS KTP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 0 Played P 0 4 11
8 3 0 Won W 0 1 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
20 10 0 Scored S 0 7 24
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 6 9
83% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 91%
67% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 82%
33% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 64%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 55%
8% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 64%
67% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 36%
25% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
5.5 6.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.8 4.5
4.7 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
1.4 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.5 10.5
4.6 5.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.4
36% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 41%
 
6.1 4.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.5 10.4
2.5 2.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.5 4.4
Key stats in Ykkonen this season:
  • All of KTP's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KTP have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • KTP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KTP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • KTP have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • KTP haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • TPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • TPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • TPS have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Ykkonen
  • TPS have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Ykkonen
  • TPS have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Ykkonen
  • TPS have the most clean sheets (8) in Ykkonen
  • TPS is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 TPS 12 8 3 1 20 5 5 3 1 1 10 2 7 5 2 0 10 3 15 27
2 KTP 11 6 4 1 24 9 7 5 2 0 17 3 4 1 2 1 7 6 15 22
3 EIF 12 5 5 2 22 16 6 4 1 1 14 8 6 1 4 1 8 8 6 20
4 Gnistan 12 5 3 4 24 15 7 3 2 2 19 6 5 2 1 2 5 9 9 18
5 SJK Akatemia 11 4 4 3 19 16 6 2 2 2 12 9 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 16
6 KPV 12 4 4 4 12 20 6 2 1 3 6 11 6 2 3 1 6 9 -8 16
7 JaPS 12 4 4 4 13 24 7 2 3 2 5 7 5 2 1 2 8 17 -11 16
8 Jaro 11 4 2 5 16 13 4 1 1 2 7 6 7 3 1 3 9 7 3 14
9 MP 10 3 4 3 18 17 4 1 3 0 6 3 6 2 1 3 12 14 1 13
10 PEPO 11 2 4 5 12 22 5 1 2 2 7 11 6 1 2 3 5 11 -10 10
11 PIF 12 2 1 9 14 23 7 1 0 6 8 15 5 1 1 3 6 8 -9 7
12 PK-35 12 1 4 7 13 27 5 1 3 1 8 7 7 0 1 6 5 20 -14 7

Read more about Ykkonen

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.