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All the facts and stats for the Finland Cup clash: KuPS - Oulu

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as KuPS & Oulu face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

KuPS's stadium, Lippumäen kuplahalli, has a artifical turf surface. Oulu have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Oulu when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 17 matches. They have scored 27 goals in these games and conceded 21.

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KuPS form and stats

KuPS was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Finland Cup.

KuPS are steadily winning Veikkausliiga games and points here at Lippumäen kuplahalli. 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games. It's trouble wherever KuPS are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. KuPS are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Lippumäen kuplahalli, having lost their two previous games here.

A nice win for KuPS last time playing, versus SJK. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-2 with S. Savolainen (2), S. Haarala, D. Tomas and A. Heinonen scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory in the Finland Cup match versus Ilves with a 2-0 scoreline.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

KuPS have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lippumäen kuplahalli with 20 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, KuPS have conceded 14 goals.

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Oulu form and stats

They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.

Oulu have an excellent away record in the Ykkonen so far with 8-2-1 from 11 games. Oulu have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Oulu have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

It's the second away game in a row for Oulu, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Ilves in the Finland Cup last time out. The game before that, in the Finland Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against SJK.

The travelling fans enjoy Oulu's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Oulu are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): KuPS four wins, one draw and Oulu zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

KuPS missing players

Oulu missing players

Competition: Finland Finland Cup
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lippumäen kuplahalli (1000 seats)
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ilves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 KuPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Oulu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 SJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ilves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 KuPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Oulu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 SJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 HJK 22 14 6 2 53 17 11 6 5 0 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 8 36 48
2 Inter Turku 22 12 5 5 36 17 11 9 1 1 24 6 11 3 4 4 12 11 19 41
3 KuPS 22 12 5 5 39 26 11 7 1 3 20 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 13 41
4 Honka 22 9 10 3 26 17 11 5 4 2 13 9 11 4 6 1 13 8 9 37
5 Ilves 22 10 6 6 37 29 11 5 4 2 20 12 11 5 2 4 17 17 8 36
6 Lahti 22 8 8 6 33 30 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 18 17 3 32
7 SJK 22 8 5 9 27 29 11 4 2 5 14 17 11 4 3 4 13 12 -2 29
8 HIFK 22 8 4 10 29 33 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 4 1 6 16 17 -4 28
9 Mariehamn 22 6 5 11 29 43 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 3 2 6 16 24 -14 23
10 Haka 22 5 7 10 25 41 11 1 2 8 9 25 11 4 5 2 16 16 -16 22
11 TPS 22 6 3 13 23 39 11 5 1 5 14 15 11 1 2 8 9 24 -16 21
12 RoPS 22 1 2 19 15 51 11 0 2 9 10 25 11 1 0 10 5 26 -36 5
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Oulu 22 15 5 2 38 16 11 7 3 1 21 6 11 8 2 1 17 10 22 50
2 KTP 22 14 5 3 51 23 11 5 3 3 21 14 11 9 2 0 30 9 28 47
3 Jaro 22 12 5 5 50 31 11 7 2 2 29 12 11 5 3 3 21 19 19 41
4 EIF 22 10 6 6 45 25 11 7 2 2 26 8 11 3 4 4 19 17 20 36
5 MuSa 22 10 4 8 38 38 11 6 1 4 21 21 11 4 3 4 17 17 0 34
6 VPS 22 9 6 7 37 36 11 4 3 4 20 20 11 5 3 3 17 16 1 33
7 MP 22 8 5 9 29 35 11 4 2 5 19 16 11 4 3 4 10 19 -6 29
8 KPV 22 8 4 10 38 34 11 4 2 5 28 15 11 4 2 5 10 19 4 28
9 Gnistan 22 7 4 11 38 49 11 5 1 5 20 17 11 2 3 6 18 32 -11 25
10 Kajaani 22 5 8 9 35 37 11 2 4 5 19 16 11 3 4 4 16 21 -2 23
11 SJK Akatemia 22 4 3 15 22 49 11 3 3 5 12 19 11 1 0 10 10 30 -27 15
12 MYPA 22 1 3 18 21 69 11 1 3 7 14 28 11 0 0 11 7 41 -48 6

Total First Half Second Half
KuPS Oulu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
14 8   Won W   9 16
4 2   Drew D   2 5
7 3   Lost L   2 4
45 26   Scored S   22 43
36 17   Conceded C   13 20
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
96% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 76%
56% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 48%
36% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
24% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   69% 56%
28% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 32%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   15% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.7 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.1
4.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.4
38% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 37%
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Helson Helchteren 30 21 7 2 66 32 15 11 4 0 37 13 15 10 3 2 29 19 34 70
2 Eendracht Termien 30 18 6 6 68 38 15 7 3 5 28 24 15 11 3 1 40 14 30 60
3 Vlijtingen 30 16 3 11 58 39 15 9 2 4 36 18 15 7 1 7 22 21 19 51
4 Heur Tongeren 30 15 6 9 54 47 15 8 2 5 26 20 15 7 4 4 28 27 7 51
5 Lutlommel 30 14 6 10 66 55 15 8 3 4 30 25 15 6 3 6 36 30 11 48
6 Herk 30 13 6 11 57 46 15 8 2 5 33 25 15 5 4 6 24 21 11 45
7 Zepperen 30 12 8 10 53 55 15 5 3 7 28 33 15 7 5 3 25 22 -2 44
8 Beringen 30 11 10 9 62 56 15 6 5 4 32 25 15 5 5 5 30 31 6 43
9 Zonhoven 30 10 11 9 50 44 15 6 5 4 28 20 15 4 6 5 22 24 6 41
10 Huvo Jeuk 30 11 8 11 37 38 15 5 6 4 22 22 15 6 2 7 15 16 -1 41
11 Bree 30 11 8 11 46 48 15 8 2 5 26 19 15 3 6 6 20 29 -2 41
12 Landen 30 9 8 13 48 55 15 4 4 7 25 29 15 5 4 6 23 26 -7 35
13 Sporting Nevok Gruitrode 30 6 11 13 53 65 15 3 7 5 25 27 15 3 4 8 28 38 -12 29
14 HIH Hoepertingen 30 9 2 19 44 64 15 4 1 10 21 32 15 5 1 9 23 32 -20 29
15 Weerstand Koersel 30 5 5 20 46 83 15 2 3 10 25 41 15 3 2 10 21 42 -37 20
16 MD Halen 30 4 5 21 55 98 15 1 3 11 21 47 15 3 2 10 34 51 -43 17
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beringen 30 19 6 5 64 35 15 11 3 1 32 12 15 8 3 4 32 23 29 63
2 Herk 30 19 4 7 62 33 15 9 3 3 31 18 15 10 1 4 31 15 29 61
3 Weerstand Koersel 30 18 4 8 64 38 15 10 3 2 41 22 15 8 1 6 23 16 26 58
4 Torpedo Hasselt 30 15 8 7 47 40 15 9 2 4 29 22 15 6 6 3 18 18 7 53
5 Park Houthalen 30 17 1 12 59 39 15 10 0 5 31 18 15 7 1 7 28 21 20 52
6 Melo Zonhoven 30 16 4 10 70 42 15 10 2 3 38 16 15 6 2 7 32 26 28 52
7 Zepperen-Brustem 30 15 5 10 59 45 15 10 2 3 30 17 15 5 3 7 29 28 14 50
8 Alken 30 15 4 11 62 55 15 9 1 5 33 25 15 6 3 6 29 30 7 49
9 Groen Star Beek 30 12 7 11 61 65 15 7 4 4 31 27 15 5 3 7 30 33 -4 43
10 Herkol 30 10 6 14 61 68 15 4 5 6 29 34 15 6 1 8 32 34 -7 36
11 Achel 30 10 4 16 55 80 15 5 4 6 32 42 15 5 0 10 23 38 -25 34
12 Zonhoven 30 10 3 17 38 57 15 5 1 9 18 29 15 5 2 8 20 28 -19 33
13 Verbroedering Maasmechelen 30 6 8 16 52 80 15 5 4 6 28 35 15 1 4 10 24 45 -28 26
14 Huvo Jeuk 30 6 6 18 34 69 15 3 3 9 18 33 15 3 3 9 16 31 -35 24
15 Vlijtingen 30 5 9 16 38 61 15 2 3 10 16 31 15 3 6 6 22 30 -23 24
16 HIH Hoepertingen 30 4 7 19 46 75 15 2 3 10 19 35 15 2 4 9 27 40 -29 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Achel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bregel Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Groen Star Beek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Herk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Herkol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Leopoldsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MD Halen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Meeuwen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Park Houthalen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Schoonbeek-Beverst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Torpedo Hasselt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Verbroedering Maasmechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Weerstand Koersel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zepperen-Brustem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zonhoven United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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