Derry City and KuPS will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
KuPS have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Derry City have less rest than KuPS in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FAI Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Athlone Town, was also a home game here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Derry City form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for Derry City, as the manager Higgins led his troops to eliminate HB, and reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Derry City was eliminated in the 1st qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. Riga was too strong.6 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Derry City have to build on here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the Premier Division.
Derry's previous match was a FAI Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 3-0 versus Athlone Town. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Before that match, a home victory hosting HB in the Europa Conference League. This is expected to be a close game, with Derry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Derry City as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Derry City has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Derry City has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Derry are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.
KuPS form and stats
KuPS was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Young Boys turned out to be too strong.KuPS have an excellent away record in the Veikkausliiga so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games.
KuPS are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Inter Turku. As mentioned above, KuPS drew the match against Inter Turku. Manager Honkavaara brought on Lampinen to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus VPS.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by KuPS in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for KuPS, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A new game in only four days for KuPS, the Veikkausliiga home match versus KTP. Busy days.
KuPS has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. KuPS are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. McEneff 6 goals |  M. Duffy 4 goals |  B. Doherty 4 goals |
Derry City missing players
KuPS missing players
| Derry City | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.6 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Cork City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -50 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SJK | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | KuPS | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | HJK | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Oulu | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Honka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | VPS | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Ilves | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | KTP | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Lahti | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Haka | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
