SJK (home)
- SJK have won 2 and lost 3 of their last 5 matches in all competitions.
- SJK have won just 1, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their 5 Veikkausliiga 2026 games at home.
- In their most recent three matches, they picked up a 2-3 victory away at FC Lahti in Veikkausliiga 2026, but followed that result up with consecutive defeats at home to IF Gnistan Helsinki and FC Inter Turku.
VPS (away)
- VPS Vaasan Palloseura have won 3 of their last 5 games, losing once and drawing once.
- Jussi Nuorela's pragmatic, compact and direct approach has seen VPS play a suffocating 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-2 system since 2021, using wing-backs to provide width, and a strike pair to make lightning-fast, vertical attacks.
- VPS held Finnish giants KuPS Palloseura to a 1-1 draw in Veikkausliiga 2026 before eliminating them on penalties in the Suomen Cup.
- Their 10th-place standing after 10 games and 9 points is superseded by VPS's 7th-placed standing and 14 points.
Head-to-Head
The two sides will go toe-to-toe at OmaSP Stadion, Finland, in the latest chapter of the Pohjanmaan derby , and it is VPS who have won 4 of the previous 5 clashes with their opponents, including a 6-0 win in the Liigacup 2026 .
Key Players
- Olatoundji Tessilimi is the most reliable out-and-out forward for SJK with 3 goals in 9 Veikkausliiga 2026 games this season.
- Luka Smyth leads VPS's scoring charts with 4 goals in 8 Veikkausliiga 2026 matches this term.
Betting Insights
VPS' odds are very attractive at 2.73 , with the away win being the main pick along with a 1-0 correct score prediction.
Prediction
- With two recent home defeats for the hosts and both sides being so familiar with each other's methods, we're going for the more in-form visitors to get another road victory on Wednesday.
- Main pick: VPS away; predicted correct score: 1-0.
