Kakkonen 10.5

JBK - OLS 48 22 30
o/u 2.5: 64 36

Normally I'd rate these two around the same level but today both form and player situation favor JBK. Often one of the most annoying problems at this level is the lack of different viewpoints and that's certainly the story in JBK's case as they play second fiddle to Jaro and thus lack both fans and media interest. Anyway, from the little information that is available it seems that they have performed well against KPV and AC Kajaani who both are strong top-5 candidates this year. OLS' opponents have been quite similar too, but the games against TP-47 and PS Kemi have not offered many good things even though they were only a few minutes away from winning TP-47. OLS is currently missing two of their former Veikkausliiga players, while one has for some reason started from the bench in the first two games. Key striker Verronen is still out injured, so many of the players that were expected to contribute in terms of goals and assists have not been able to help so far. Another issue has been the insistence on keeping a similar playing style as last year. In Kakkonen the opponents put much more pressure (not to mention that they're faster too) which has meant that short passing style has been relegated to passing around own 18 yard box. In practical terms it has meant that the OLS offense has been unable to create scoring chances apart from one great individual effort in TP-47 game. Now it's true that JBK will in all likelihood finish under both Kemi and TP-47 in the standings so the first two games should not be judged too harshly. However, the home side is certainly no PK-37 if the results and reports of preseason and actual season are not wholly inaccurate. I had some plans to take JBK but the asian bookies did not follow the earlier B365 odds, and 50 % would be the absolute maximum that I would go with so home bets do not interest at the moment. If -0,25 2,00 for the home side is available after 10-15 minutes I'd recommend something around 4/10 on JBK.

JBK - OLS O3.0 53% 2,00 2/10 Sbobet