- Team form: Seinajoen Jalkapallokerho are the slight favorites for this game at 1.79, so a home victory looks the most probable outcome.
- Recent form: However, TPS have been the better team so far this season and were 2-0 winners when these sides met in Turku two months ago.
Contradictory sides to meet at OmaSP Stadion
Standings and context
Seinajoen Jalkapallokerho enter the weekend's Veikkausliiga 2026 action in tenth place on 11 points from 13 games, while FC TPS Turku sit in seventh spot on 16 points from 12 matches. There is a lot to learn about these two teams, as the stats tell us that they are opposites, and that this is a real head vs heart wager.
Playing styles
TPS are the higher ranked side and have the better players but are coming into this game at odds of 3.82, making them the long shots in this one. Jarkko Wiss has brought a very compact shape to SJK, a disciplined unit that will stay tight and will get men behind the ball, but when they are able to play forward, they are direct and will try to play at pace.
Ivan Piñol, in contrast, is very high energy, attack-first coach who plays fast and tries to press the ball, looking for turnovers and fast break chances to create chaos.
TPS to cause an upset on current form
The game is tricky to predict, but the home side do seem to have the edge here. SJK are the favourites but they've won only one of six home matches in Veikkausliiga 2026 (W1, D2, L3), and that's the reason that they are coming into this one as the favorites.
TPS, on the other hand, are yet to win an away game in the league in 2026 and have lost three of their last five Veikkausliiga 2026 matches, although they've also won one and drawn one in that spell. A draw is 3.8 so this still has the feel of a live wire rather than a lock.
TPS are the more talented side on paper, but they come into this after a 1-2 home defeat to KuPS, and a 0-0 away draw at FC Lahti. So, the attack hasn't been scoring freely and that makes this a tough one to call, although the hosts should have enough to edge it at home.
Two goal scorers to watch
- Albijon Muzaci leads the way for TPS with three goals in 12 Veikkausliiga 2026 games, while Eetu Turkki is their creative spark with four assists in 10 appearances.
- Kasper Paananen is SJK's main man with four goals in 13 appearances this season, he is the leading scorer in the side and has three of the side's last eight goals.
