VPS supporters put their faith in manager J. Nuorela to deliver victory against PK-35

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Competition: Finland Ykkonen
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elisa Stadion (4600 seats)

It's looking great for VPS so far, with their 3rd place in the Ykkonen table and eagerly waiting for PK-35 (who are placed 7th).

Insights:
  • VPS have the most scored goals (19) at home in Ykkonen
  • PK-35 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

VPS and PK-35 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

PK-35 play their home games on artifical turf, while this game will take part on artifical turf. The latest stats for PK-35 when playing on artifical turf are 8 wins, 8 draws and 12 defeats from 28 matches. They have managed to score 38 goals and conceded 35 times on these occasions.

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VPS form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Elisa Stadion as VPS have scored 19 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Ykkonen are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The VPS crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to TPS here at Elisa Stadion in a Ykkonen match.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at RoPS.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier VPS matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and one defeat (from three games).

The match schedule is unforgiving for VPS as they have a new game in only four days, a Ykkonen match thankfully also at home. Klubi-04 are visiting.

VPS can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 19 times. From these home matches, VPS have conceded only 8 goals.

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PK-35 form and stats

There's been little loot from PK-35's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Ykkonen. PK-35 only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

PK-35's previous game was their home loss versus JIPPO (0-1).

Before that, PK-35 travelled to MP and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

PK-35 have another match that requires travelling in just four days, a Ykkonen fixture vs JIPPO. A strenuous timetable for the visitors!

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. PK-35 have conceded 14 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head game ended PK-35 - VPS 2-2, played this season. Previous three meetings between these sides: VPS won one, PK-35 triumphed in one and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VPSK. Multanen
K. Multanen
7 goals
PK-35J. Muzinga
J. Muzinga
6 goals
VPSS. Morrissey
S. Morrissey
5 goals

VPS missing players

PK-35 missing players

VPS PK-35
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
8 6 3 Won W 0 1 6
6 2 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
31 19 7 Scored S 2 6 22
23 8 1 Conceded C 5 14 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 74%
63% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 53%
26% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 26%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
58% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 58%
26% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 26%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 26%
 
3.7 3.6 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.4 4.8
6.1 6.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.8 6.1
1.7 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 8.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.6 8.2
4.1 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.4 3.8
40% 43% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 30%
Key stats in Ykkonen this season:
  • PK-35 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 PK-35 have scored away.
  • VPS have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • VPS have the most scored goals (19) at home in Ykkonen
  • VPS have the the best goal difference (+11) 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 19 10 5 4 34 22 10 6 2 2 18 8 9 4 3 2 16 14 12 35
2 TPS 19 8 7 4 22 16 9 1 4 4 9 12 10 7 3 0 13 4 6 31
3 VPS 19 8 6 5 31 23 9 6 2 1 19 8 10 2 4 4 12 15 8 30
4 Jaro 19 8 6 5 24 20 9 2 6 1 10 8 10 6 0 4 14 12 4 30
5 EIF 19 7 6 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 18 11 9 2 3 4 16 17 6 27
6 Gnistan 19 8 3 8 29 25 9 3 2 4 9 10 10 5 1 4 20 15 4 27
7 PK-35 19 6 6 7 22 27 10 5 2 3 16 13 9 1 4 4 6 14 -5 24
8 MP 19 6 5 8 26 30 10 5 2 3 15 12 9 1 3 5 11 18 -4 23
9 KPV 19 5 7 7 20 21 9 2 3 4 10 12 10 3 4 3 10 9 -1 22
10 JIPPO 19 6 3 10 15 25 10 3 2 5 11 14 9 3 1 5 4 11 -10 21
11 Klubi-04 19 6 2 11 22 30 9 4 0 5 13 12 10 2 2 6 9 18 -8 20
12 MuSa 19 4 8 7 21 33 10 3 4 3 15 17 9 1 4 4 6 16 -12 20

Read more about Ykkonen

Ykkönen (meaning “Number one” in English) is the second highest level of football in Finland. It is played from April/May until October and has ten teams. They all play three matches against each other, resulting in 27 fixtures. The top team of the final league table is promoted while number two plays a promotion playoff. The bottom two clubs are relegated.