It's time for episode two of the KuPS - Derry City 2nd Qualifying Round battle

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 03.Aug
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Savon Sanomat Areena

The first leg ended Derry City-KuPS 2-1. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Derry City, who are travelling more than 3900 kilometers to play this game.

The hosts KuPS saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Veikkausliiga. Thankfully the previous game, versus KTP, was also a home game here at Savon Sanomat Areena. The away team is better rested.

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KuPS form and stats

Last season, KuPS's Europa Conference League journey ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Young Boys.

Overall Veikkausliiga statistics playing at home this season for KuPS are 6-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for KuPS last time playing, versus KTP. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Heinonen (2) scoring for the victors.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Derry City in the Europa Conference League. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how KuPS have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

KuPS has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. KuPS have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Derry City form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated HB in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round against Riga.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.

The supporters enjoyed Derry's previous match versus KuPS, a Europa Conference League win (2-1) played at home.

A home victory as expected against Athlone Town ahead of that, in the FAI Cup.

Derry City have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a Premier Division match vs UCD. A rough diary for the visiting team!

Derry City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 17 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged history featuring both these sides is the Derry City - KuPS 2-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Derry CityJ. McEneff
J. McEneff
6 goals
Derry CityM. Duffy
M. Duffy
4 goals
Derry CityB. Doherty
B. Doherty
4 goals

KuPS missing players

Derry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
KuPS Derry City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
13 7   Won W   4 12
6 1   Drew D   3 7
6 4   Lost L   3 6
32 14   Scored S   10 30
17 7   Conceded C   10 18
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 84%
64% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   40% 52%
20% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 32%
4% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 8%
36% 25%   BTTS BTTS   40% 32%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 48%
20% 25%   Failed to Score F T   30% 36%
 
4.8 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6.8
3.4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.4
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.6 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 13.9
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 4.6
29% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 26%
 
7.1 6.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8
2.9 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 2.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KuPS 18 11 2 5 24 11 10 6 0 4 12 6 8 5 2 1 12 5 13 35
2 SJK 17 10 5 2 22 12 9 6 1 2 11 9 8 4 4 0 11 3 10 35
3 HJK 18 9 7 2 27 13 9 6 2 1 15 3 9 3 5 1 12 10 14 34
4 Oulu 18 9 3 6 29 28 8 4 1 3 13 13 10 5 2 3 16 15 1 30
5 VPS 18 7 3 8 21 19 9 4 2 3 12 7 9 3 1 5 9 12 2 24
6 Honka 17 6 5 6 17 15 9 4 2 3 11 7 8 2 3 3 6 8 2 23
7 Inter Turku 16 6 4 6 22 23 8 4 2 2 12 8 8 2 2 4 10 15 -1 22
8 Ilves 17 3 8 6 14 17 9 2 5 2 9 10 8 1 3 4 5 7 -3 17
9 KTP 17 4 5 8 13 21 8 3 3 2 8 8 9 1 2 6 5 13 -8 17
10 Lahti 16 3 6 7 14 23 7 1 2 4 7 11 9 2 4 3 7 12 -9 15
11 Mariehamn 17 3 5 9 15 23 9 1 3 5 6 13 8 2 2 4 9 10 -8 14
12 Haka 17 2 7 8 19 32 8 1 7 0 14 12 9 1 0 8 5 20 -13 13
  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 25 12 6 7 37 26 12 7 2 3 23 13 13 5 4 4 14 13 11 42
5 Dundalk 25 11 6 8 38 33 12 6 4 2 25 17 13 5 2 6 13 16 5 39
6 Shelbourne 25 9 11 5 28 17 13 5 6 2 13 10 12 4 5 3 15 7 11 38
7 Sligo Rovers 25 8 6 11 30 34 12 5 3 4 16 15 13 3 3 7 14 19 -4 30
8 Drogheda United 25 7 8 10 27 33 13 3 4 6 12 16 12 4 4 4 15 17 -6 29
9 Cork City 25 6 5 14 26 45 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 1 3 8 10 28 -19 23
10 UCD 25 2 3 20 14 66 12 2 2 8 8 25 13 0 1 12 6 41 -52 9

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 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 25 12 6 7 37 26 12 7 2 3 23 13 13 5 4 4 14 13 11 42
5 Dundalk 25 11 6 8 38 33 12 6 4 2 25 17 13 5 2 6 13 16 5 39
6 Shelbourne 25 9 11 5 28 17 13 5 6 2 13 10 12 4 5 3 15 7 11 38
7 Sligo Rovers 25 8 6 11 30 34 12 5 3 4 16 15 13 3 3 7 14 19 -4 30
8 Drogheda United 25 7 8 10 27 33 13 3 4 6 12 16 12 4 4 4 15 17 -6 29
9 Cork City 25 6 5 14 26 45 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 1 3 8 10 28 -19 23
10 UCD 25 2 3 20 14 66 12 2 2 8 8 25 13 0 1 12 6 41 -52 9

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