SEINAJOKI. VPS prevails over SJK with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Roberto (27′) and a goal from P. Godly (48′).

The match was played at the OmaSP Stadion stadium in Seinajoki on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Antti Munukka who had the assistance of Sami Nykanen and Jan Peter Aravirta. The 4th official was Abdirahman Sugulle. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1.54 degrees Celsius or 34.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. SJK was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. VPS that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

SJK was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, VPS found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

SJK shot 8 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, VPS shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

SJK received 4 yellow cards (Diego Rojas, Valentín Gasc, Terry Yegbe and Pyry Hannola). On the other side, VPS received 2 yellow cards (Mikko Pitkänen and Sebastian Strandvall).

Standings

After this match, SJK will stay with 42 points to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, VPS will have 36 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, SJK will host Oulu on the 25th of October with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of SJK (0 draws).

SJK – Formation

SJK adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Joaquín Gómez decided to play with the following team: Markus Uusitalo, Ibrahim Cisse, Matej Hradecky, Terry Yegbe, Otto Kemppainen, Ville Tikkanen, Pyry Hannola, Valentín Gasc, Kingsley Ofori, Jeremiah Streng and Samson Ebuka Obioha.

The home team had on the bench: Saku Kankaanpää, Nooa Laine, Diego Rojas, Jaime Moreno, Tuomas Kaukua, Matias Vainionpää and Murilo.

Substitutions

SJK made 5 changes: Jeremiah Streng for Jaime Moreno (46′), Terry Yegbe for Matias Vainionpää (46′), Ville Tikkanen for Diego Rojas (71′), Valentín Gasc for Nooa Laine (46′) and Otto Kemppainen for Murilo (61′).

VPS – Formation

Also VPS adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Jussi Nuorela played with: Teppo Marttinen, Miika Niemi, Mikko Pitkänen, Samuel Lindeman, Tyler Reid, Prosper Ahiabu, Sebastian Strandvall, Evgeny Bashkirov, Jesper Engström, Peter Godly Michael and Sávio Roberto.

They had on the bench: Baba Mensah, Harrison Sawyer, Roni Hudd, Samu Alanko, Jonathan Viscosi, Antti-Ville Räisänen and Juhani Pikkarainen.

Substitutions

VPS made 4 changes: Sebastian Strandvall for Antti-Ville Räisänen (61′), Mikko Pitkänen for Juhani Pikkarainen (46′), Sávio Roberto for Samu Alanko (80′) and Evgeny Bashkirov for Roni Hudd (61′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.​

• KTP – Mariehamn – 0-2
• Lahti – Ilves – 1-5
• Oulu – Haka – 1-1
• HJK – KuPS – 1-2
• Honka – Inter Turku – 3-0
• SJK – VPS – 0-2