The VPS manager J. Karjalainen attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room MP and their manager J. Pasoja are in 8th place before this match.
- MP have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ykkonen
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.
7-3-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for MP when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 14 matches are 28-19 (scored/conceded).
VPS form and stats
Only two Ykkonen home games for VPS so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The home team returns to Elisa Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Jaro (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the Ykkonen game ended 1-1.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus KPV that ended 2-2.VPS has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
MP form and stats
The Ykkonen season is young and MP have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ykkonen home defeat versus TPS with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A 1-3 defeat away at Klubi-04 before that.MP have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): VPS one win, two draws and MP one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Strandvall 2 goals | S. Sillah 1 goals | S. Morrissey 1 goals |
VPS missing players
MP missing players
| VPS | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 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 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 10.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 11 | 10.2 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 28% |
- MP have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ykkonen
| VPS | Last season | MP | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 41% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 14% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 59% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 18% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 41% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | EIF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Jaro | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | RoPS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | VPS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | KPV | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | MuSa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | TPS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | JIPPO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | PK-35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Klubi-04 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | Gnistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 |