This promises to be another interesting encounter at Elisa Stadion in the Ykkonen. VPS is in 2nd position and welcome Gnistan in 4th place. Read all about the match here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Gnistan's home stadium. The visitors last 22 games on artifical turf have ended in 4 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses.
VPS form and stats
Last season, VPS's league statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season VPS managed 4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 20 conceded.
Gnistan form and stats
Let's have a look at how Gnistan performed last season in the Ykkonen: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 18/32 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting MuSa in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (VPS wins - draws - Gnistan wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.VPS missing players
Gnistan missing players
| VPS | Gnistan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 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 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| VPS | Last season | Gnistan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Conceded | C | 32 | 49 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 41% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 55% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 73% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 18% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 41% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | VPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |