The Veikkausliiga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Honka and KuPS are placed 7th and 2nd respectively.
The hosts Honka saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Veikkausliiga. That game was an away game at Mariehamn, so at least Honka are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
10 - 5 - 8 with 34-27. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for KuPS when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. KuPS play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Honka form and stats
An away draw last time out for Honka, facing Mariehamn in a game that ended 0-0. Before that, Honka played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Haka.
KuPS form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Veikkausliiga travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The KuPS goalkeeper Otso Virtanen is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 278 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from J. Pirttijoki secured the home win 1-0 against Inter Turku in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus HIFK at their stadium, the result 3-0.
KuPS have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Honka-KuPS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Honka two wins, KuPS four wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Banahene 1 goals |  J. Pirttijoki 1 goals |  B. Adjei-Boateng 1 goals |
Honka missing players
KuPS missing players
| Honka | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| Honka | Last season | KuPS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 70% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 41% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 26% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 41% | ||
| 14% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 19% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 285 | 138 | Total Shots | T S | 126 | 296 | ||
| 129 | 62 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 133 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | KuPS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Ilves | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | SJK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | HIFK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Honka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Haka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Lahti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| 11 | TPS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | RoPS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |