KuPS Ak. hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been difficult so far with 13 points and a 10th place in the Kakkonen table. Guests NJS own 7th place with 21 pts.
- KuPS Ak. have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- NJS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither KuPS nor NJS as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
KuPS Ak. form and stats
KuPS Ak. have collected 11 points from their Kakkonen home games so far after 3-2-3.
KuPS Ak. drew their last game, also a home match. NJS (placed 7th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Prior to that, an away loss at Atlantis.KuPS Ak. have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KuPS Ak. defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
NJS form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Kakkonen travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
NJS has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to KuPS Ak. for a 1-1 draw.
A draw for NJS before that, at their own venue hosting PKKU (3-3).NJS are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Observe that 10 of this team's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
NJS has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
KuPS and NJS have faced each other previously this season: KuPS Ak. - NJS 1-1. Head to head data (for the former two meetings): KuPS Ak. won zero games, one match ended with a tie and NJS have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one
Top Goalscorers
  J. Lehto 7 goals | J. Manninen 7 goals | R. Räsänen 5 goals |
KuPS Ak. missing players
NJS missing players
| KuPS Ak. | NJS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 60% |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 20% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 9.5 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.7 | 8.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | 50% |
| 9.4 | 8.5 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
- All of NJS's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- KuPS Ak. have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- KuPS Ak. haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- NJS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NJS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JIPPO | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 35 |
| 2 | KaPa | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Reipas | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 28 |
| 4 | PKKU | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Kiffen | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 6 | Atlantis | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | NJS | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | PPJ | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 16 |
| 9 | Futura | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
| 10 | KuPS Ak. | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 11 | PeKa | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 28 | -21 | 12 |
| 12 | LaPa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 41 | -54 | 4 |
