KuPS have journeyed here for an entertaining game against the hosting Oulu. Read up on the fixture with this full League Cup preview!
This stadium has grass, which is not KuPS's familiar surface at their own football field. When playing on grass KuPS have performed like this: Played 28 matches with the results 13 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 38-29 (scored/conceded).
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Oulu form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Oulu as they were promoted from Ykkonen last season. Happy days that were secured through 7 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses from 27 games. The team scored 12 goals at home last season and conceded 15. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Oulu have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Oulu scored 3 goals and let in 1 goal during these two games.
KuPS form and stats
Last season was a triumph for KuPS in the national league as they took home the League Cup trophy. The championship was secured after 15 wins, 4 draws and only 3 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 2.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. KuPS have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Oulu-KuPS H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Oulu zero wins, KuPS six wins, one draw. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Ikaunieks 2 goals |   M. Yaghoubi 1 goals |  O. Suutari 1 goals |
Oulu missing players
KuPS missing players
| Oulu | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 10.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Oulu | Last season | KuPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 25 | 46 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 63% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 26% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 15% | ||
| 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 52% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 15% | ||
| 9.5 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.5 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 39% | ||
| 4.5 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | HJK | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 59 |
| 2 | KuPS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 58 |
| 3 | SJK | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 48 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 45 |
| 5 | Ilves | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | HIFK | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 35 |
