VPS will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Jaro.
- VPS have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Ykkonen
- Jaro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 VPS and Jaro.
VPS's stadium, Elisa Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Jaro have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Jaro when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 22 goals in these games and conceded 16.
VPS form and stats
Overall Ykkonen stats at home this season for VPS, who have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Ykkonen, are 3-2-0 (wins-draw-losses).
A strong away win for VPS against KPV the last match, as S. Morrissey and K. Multanen were on target. Some amazing scenes last match, when K. Multanen scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Gnistan.Goals decide football matches and VPS are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Jaro form and stats
Jaro's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Jaro collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Ykkonen. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
S. Haglund was the last player to score for the away team. Jaro haven't scored a league goal in the last 239 minutes.
Jaro might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. TPS proved too strong as Jaro slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Jakobstads Centralplan (Pietarsaaren Keskuskenttä).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting MuSa.A quick return to home after this game, as Jaro are hosting KPV in the Ykkonen only four days away.
Jaro are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Jaro have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Jaro - VPS 1-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three VPS victories, two draws and five Jaro wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Strandvall 4 goals |  G. Sotelo 4 goals | S. Morrissey 3 goals |
VPS missing players
Jaro missing players
| VPS | Jaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 55% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| 6.8 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 7.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 5.8 | 9.3 |
| 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 42% | 50% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 39% |
- All of VPS's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Jaro have created more than twice as many corners as VPS.
- Jaro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jaro have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Jaro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Jaro haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- VPS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- VPS have not yet lost a game at home.
- VPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- VPS have scored in all their home matches so far.
- VPS have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Ykkonen
- VPS have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Gnistan | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | RoPS | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Jaro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | MuSa | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | VPS | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | EIF | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | TPS | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | MP | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | PK-35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | JIPPO | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | Klubi-04 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | KPV | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 8 |