Honka and KuPS are both high-flying in the Veikkausliiga with their 3rd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a wonderful fixture!
- Honka have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Veikkausliiga
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting KuPS have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-6-6 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Honka form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for Honka so far this season.
Honka enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at HIFK's place. The match ended 2-1 with Hernández and Sadiku scoring. Manager Vasara felt very clever after Sadiku scored the winning goal against HIFK, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ilves that ended 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Honka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Honka after this match as they are travelling to VPS for a Veikkausliiga game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 4 games), Honka's attacking play is working.
KuPS form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Veikkausliiga, on their Veikkausliiga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. KuPS goalkeeper Johannes Kreidl is eager to challenge this, with his 274 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for KuPS, whose boss Valakari could celebrate last time after the Finland Cup win against MP.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting HJK in the Veikkausliiga.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with KuPS playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 KuPS wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A new game in only four days for KuPS, the Veikkausliiga home match versus Oulu. Busy days.
KuPS has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. KuPS's manager Valakari has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Honka-KuPS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Honka three wins, KuPS four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Ikaunieks 5 goals |   A. Sadiku 3 goals | A. Katanić 2 goals |
Honka missing players
KuPS missing players
| Honka | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 70% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5.7 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 42% | 49% |
| 8 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 5 | 7.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
- Honka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Honka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Honka have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Veikkausliiga
- Honka have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- KuPS have not yet lost a game.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS have scored in all their away matches so far.
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the the best goal difference (+12) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | HJK | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Honka | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Oulu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Ilves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Haka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 8 | VPS | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | SJK | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Lahti | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
