Finland Kakkonen saturday

Group C:

FC Santa Claus - VIFK 53 23 24
o/u 2.5: 54 46

Santa Claus has a couple of starters from defense out, VIFK has two important players out too(Maki, Lindroos). Santa Claus hasn't been in good form lately based on what I've read and seen, but they've still only lost one game this month. VIFK has been slightly better lately, with three games without a loss against some quite good teams. Santa Claus probably has an slight edge in the class despite what the preseason expectations were, and they finally get to play at home again(they've only player 5 games so far) so getting only +0,75 for VIFK isn't that exciting. Total smells very under-like, but Santa Claus is usually more high-scoring team at home so their recent form might not be a good indicator on what to expect.


FC Jyväskylä - KajHa 53 22 25
o/u 2.5: 58 42

FC Jyväskylä misses their starting goalkeeper Karnio and another important player Niko Kautto too, KajHa might get their main striker Tervo back. KajHa has been really poor at their away games, but to be honest they've faced some tough opposition mostly. FC Blackbird has been in excellent form lately for a team of their quality, but I don't know if there's enough difference between these two to play the 1.98 that is offered for the home team. KajHa has had some really low-scoring matches lately, but the match reports indicate that at least the matches against Santa Claus, VIFK and Kiisto really should have had much more goals than the 2 goals that were actually scored. After a disastrously bad defending at the start of the season, FCJ has really been a completely different team on that front recently, and the 2.75 line feels quite right overall.

I personally played both VIFK and FCJ small, but as my season has been really horrible so far, it might be best to make your own decisions based on the above&your own information.