A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The VPS fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and JIPPO's 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- VPS have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Ykkonen
- JIPPO have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ykkonen
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
VPS's stadium, Elisa Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. JIPPO 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 JIPPO when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from ten matches. They have scored 13 goals in these games and conceded 12.
VPS form and stats
VPS are steadily winning Ykkonen games and points here at Elisa Stadion. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. VPS has recorded two wins in a row here at Elisa Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A strong away win for VPS against MP the last match, as M. Niemi, A. Pahkasalo and L. Kassim were on target.
Before that, VPS had a home game versus Jaro which ended with a victory 2-1.The manager J. Nuorela will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Klubi-04 in only three days.
VPS can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. VPS have conceded 6 in these home matches.
JIPPO form and stats
As the visiting team in Ykkonen matches, JIPPO, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ykkonen, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for JIPPO in their previous game, as they lost their Ykkonen-match, hosting TPS, 0-1. JIPPO were so close to getting something from the game against TPS, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Klubi-04 at their stadium, the result 1-0.Goals are few and far between in JIPPO's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. JIPPO struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the JIPPO - VPS 1-1 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  S. Strandvall 4 goals | K. Multanen 4 goals |  J. Hiltunen 4 goals |
VPS missing players
JIPPO missing players
| VPS | JIPPO | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 15% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 3 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 6.5 | 6.8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 44% | 48% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 31% |
- All of VPS's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- JIPPO have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- JIPPO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- JIPPO have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ykkonen
- JIPPO have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Ykkonen
- JIPPO have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Ykkonen
- 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 scored more than double the goals of JIPPO.
- VPS have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Ykkonen
- 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 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | VPS | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Gnistan | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Jaro | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | EIF | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | TPS | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | MP | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | MuSa | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | PK-35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | JIPPO | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 15 |
| 11 | KPV | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Klubi-04 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 11 |