On the 8th of October, in this week 4 match, Oulu will travel to Vaasa to battle VPS in a meeting of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. VPS is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against HIFK. Jesper Engstrom scored the first goal for VPS in the 3rd minute, then Multanen added another in the 48th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed HIFK couldn’t manage to score, and VPS took the shutout win. VPS is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Oulu, recorded a 2-1 win against Lahti. Magnus Breitenmoser struck first for Oulu in the 19th minute, then Ibra Sekajja added another in the 25th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Oulu should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Saturday Jul 2nd, VPS was victorious by a score of 6 to 0. Aleksi Pahkasalo scored the first goal for VPS in the 10th minute, then Kalle Multanen added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Tete Yengi At the end of 90 a dissapointed Oulu couldn’t manage to score, and VPS took the shutout win.
Rasmus Karjalainen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Oulu. Multanen has been the most prolific scorer on VPS in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.