HIFK will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind KuPS.
- HIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KuPS is in the best form (5-1-0)
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!
HIFK form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for HIFK so far this season.
HIFK drew their last game, also a home match. KTP (placed 12th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. The hometeam coach J. Gómez made a successful contribution in the game against KTP, bringing on Tino Palmasto who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Moshtagh Yaghoubi felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against KTP as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 71st minute.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Inter Turku.HIFK has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
KuPS form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Veikkausliiga. Having won their last three away games KuPS has no reason to fear anyone.
The supporters enjoyed KuPS's previous game versus KTP (placed 12th), a Veikkausliiga 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, KuPS was the only team on the pitch versus KTP in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Lahti.KuPS are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. 6 goals have been conceded by KuPS in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: HIFK won one, KuPS were winners in seven and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  D. Tomas 4 goals | U. Nissilä 4 goals |  S. Haarala 3 goals |
HIFK missing players
KuPS missing players
| HIFK | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 11 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 54% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 23% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 15% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 8% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 13% |
| 38% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 46% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 31% | 29% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.7 | 8.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 29% | 26% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 48% | 39% |
- HIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- HIFK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- KuPS is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Lahti | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | SJK | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | HIFK | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Ilves | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 8 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Haka | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Oulu | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| 12 | KTP | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 8 |