Jul 2nd features a match where Oulu will host VPS at Raatin Stadion in a meeting of these two closely matched Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 5th placed Oulu is fresh off their 1-2 loss against KuPS. Magnus Breitenmoser struck first for Oulu in the 24th minute on a feed from Moshtagh Yaghoubi, but Gabriel Bispo got the equalizer for KuPS in the 54th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Tim Vayrynen. Oulu should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed VPS is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Honka. Matias Rale scored the first goal for Honka in the 10th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed VPS couldn’t manage to score, and Honka took the shutout win. VPS is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Apr 2nd, VPS hosted Oulu at the Elisa Stadion in their last match together. VPS and Oulu battled to a 2-2 draw. Morrissey struck first for VPS in the 23rd minute, but Riku Selander got the equalizer for Oulu in the 52nd minute .
Kalle Multanen has been the most prolific scorer on VPS in his last five matches with 3 goals. Michael López has been the most prolific scorer on Oulu in the last five matches with 2 goals.