There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ykkonen table so far. Here's the VPS - Kajaani latest:
It's no vacation for neither VPS nor Kajaani 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Kajaani have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-8-13 (win-draw-loss) from 27 matches.
VPS form and stats
The story so far in the Ykkonen for VPS at their home stadium (Elisa Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Two home wins in a row for VPS bring valid hopes of a third.
VPS lost their last game at Jaro (placed 3rd) after a 1-6 scoreline. Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against KPV.
As you see from the result above, VPS suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), VPS's attacking play is working. VPS have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kajaani form and stats
Kajaani are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ykkonen, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Kajaani played 1-1 against Oulu in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus MYPA that ended 0-0.
Kajaani have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. Kajaani are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Strandvall 3 goals | S. Alanko 2 goals | S. Morrissey 2 goals |
VPS missing players
Kajaani missing players
| VPS | Kajaani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 2.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 28 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 32 | 42 |
| 21 | 11 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 48% | 82% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 37% |
- Kajaani have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Kajaani have scored away.
- VPS have scored in all their home matches so far.
- VPS have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- VPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | KTP | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Jaro | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | EIF | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 5 | MuSa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | VPS | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | KPV | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Kajaani | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | MP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Gnistan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 2 |
| 11 | MYPA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 12 | SJK Akatemia | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 1 |