VPS – SJK Prediction & Picks (01.06.2018)

VPS Vaasa and Seinäjoen JK meet at Elisa Stadion, in a match for the 12th round of the Veikkausliiga. The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 6 matches won 5 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 04-08-2017, in a match for Veikkausliiga that ended Seinäjoen JK’s victory by (1-3). J. Vahtera (24 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for VPS Vaasa, and B. Ions (9’ e 47 ‘) and F. Guichón (57’), for Seinäjoen JK. Attention to the house factor, since the Vaasa VPS usually conquer different results at home and abroad.

VAS Vaasa:

After 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, the home team is currently in the 6 th position, with 14 points won. In the last match, they have tied in an away match against FC Lahti by (1-1), after in the previous match they have lost (0-2) at home, in a match against KuPS Kuopio. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses in away matches, with 13 goals scored and 21 conceded; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 18 conceded. In the last 7 home league matches VPS Vaasa has won 2, tied 2 and lost 3, so they have won 8 points out of 21 possible. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 11 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The VPS comes to this game with a tie in the field of Lahti, by 1-1, thus adding the fourth game in a row without beating in this competition: Haloka scored the only goal of the team. We emphasize that the locals add only 2 wins in the 7 games played in their stadium. In this game against SJK, coach Petri Vuorinen must line up the team in 3-4-3, privileging possession of the ball and supported attacks. Sebastian Strandvall is the best score of the VPS, with 5 goals scored. However, it is important to underline that the offensive sector is the most fragile point of this team, since it scored on average only 1.14 goals per game. Everything indicates that there are no important absences for this game.

SJK:

After 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, the away team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 9 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against HJK Helsinki by (4-0), after in the previous match they have tied at home, against IFK Mariehamn, by (1-1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses as a visitor. against 8 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses at their stadium. For the league, Seinäjoen JK won 4 points out of 12 possible points, after 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 4 matches they played as visitors. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In 10 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 10 of their 23 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

The SJK comes to this unmotivated day, after having added another defeat in the competition, the fourth in the last five games, this time against the HJK, by 4-0. In this game away from home coach Aleksey Eremenko Sr. must opt ​​for a more defensive strategy, exploring only the back space of the opponent’s defense, through the counterattack. Matti Klinga, the reference in the midfield of the team, is the great highlight of the SJK, with 2 goals scored. In the 4 games played away from home, the visitors scored only 4 goals, that is, they have an average of 0.7 goals per game. For this game the coach can not count on Malolo, player recovering from injury.