Match preview Veikkausliiga: Ilves - KuPS at Tammelan Stadion

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Fri 16.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tammelan Stadion (5060 seats)

A key match in Veikkausliiga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ilves and KuPS.

This stadium uses grass, unlike KuPS's home stadium. The visitors last 25 games on grass have ended in 9 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses.

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Ilves form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Ilves, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Veikkausliiga, have to build on here at Tammelan Stadion.

The Ilves fans got no joy from their last match, a Veikkausliiga game also here at Tammelan Stadion: A 0-2 defeat against KuPS. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Mariehamn.

The Ilves fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Ilves have only conceded 8 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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KuPS form and stats

Playing away, KuPS, who have the most scored goals (17) away in Veikkausliiga, have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season.

It's the second away game in a row for KuPS, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ilves in the Veikkausliiga last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Inter Turku.

The travelling fans enjoy KuPS's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 away matches. As opposed to that, KuPS have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ilves - KuPS 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Ilves victories, 0 draws and 4 KuPS wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Ala-Myllymäki
10 goals
Rangel
7 goals / 1 assists
P. Pennanen
5 goals / 3 assists

Ilves missing players

KuPS missing players

Ilves KuPS
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
19 9 1 Played 2 10 20
10 3 0 Won 1 5 9
6 5 1 Drew 0 3 7
3 1 0 Lost 1 2 4
24 12 1 Scored 2 17 31
14 8 1 Conceded 2 13 22
84% 78% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 90%
53% 67% 100% Over 1.5 50% 80% 70%
32% 33% 0% Over 2.5 50% 50% 45%
16% 22% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 25%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 20% 15%
37% 44% 100% BTTS 50% 70% 55%
47% 44% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 30%
32% 33% 0% Failed To Score 50% 10% 25%
 
5.3 4.8 7 Corners For (avg) 2.5 3.1 4.4
3.2 2.3 4 Corners Against (avg) 9.5 5.6 5.4
1.3 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ilves have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • KuPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KuPS have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Ilves
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-07-19 VE Ilves 3 - 0 SJK
14-07-19 VE Lahti 1 - 0 Ilves
20-07-19 VE Ilves 1 - 1 HJK
27-07-19 VE Honka 1 - 2 Ilves
04-08-19 VE Ilves 2 - 2 RoPS
11-08-19 VE Mariehamn 0 - 1 Ilves
16-08-19 VE Ilves 0 - 2 KuPS
23-08-19 VE HIFK 15:30 Ilves
27-08-19 VE Ilves 15:30 HIFK
31-08-19 VE Ilves 14:00 Inter Turku
KuPS
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-07-19 EL Vitebsk 1 - 1 KuPS
21-07-19 VE KuPS 0 - 0 Mariehamn
25-07-19 EL Legia Warszawa 1 - 0 KuPS
28-07-19 VE KPV 2 - 1 KuPS
01-08-19 EL KuPS 0 - 0 Legia Warszawa
04-08-19 VE KuPS 1 - 1 HIFK
10-08-19 VE KuPS 2 - 0 Inter Turku
16-08-19 VE Ilves 0 - 2 KuPS
24-08-19 VE KuPS 14:00 VPS
31-08-19 VE SJK 13:00 KuPS

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Inter Turku 20 11 3 6 36 24 10 7 1 2 21 10 10 4 2 4 15 14 12 36
2 Ilves 19 10 6 3 24 14 9 3 5 1 12 8 10 7 1 2 12 6 10 36
3 KuPS 20 9 7 4 31 22 10 4 4 2 14 9 10 5 3 2 17 13 9 34
4 Honka 19 9 4 6 28 23 10 4 2 4 13 11 9 5 2 2 15 12 5 31
5 HJK 19 7 9 3 24 18 10 4 5 1 16 9 9 3 4 2 8 9 6 30
6 SJK 19 7 6 6 16 19 9 4 1 4 6 8 10 3 5 2 10 11 -3 27
7 Mariehamn 19 7 4 8 26 21 10 3 1 6 13 15 9 4 3 2 13 6 5 25
8 HIFK 19 6 7 6 20 21 10 5 3 2 12 9 9 1 4 4 8 12 -1 25
9 Lahti 19 6 7 6 18 23 9 3 5 1 12 8 10 3 2 5 6 15 -5 25
10 RoPS 19 5 4 10 14 23 10 2 2 6 6 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -9 19
11 KPV 19 3 4 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 7 15 10 1 2 7 9 20 -19 13
12 VPS 19 0 9 10 17 27 9 0 4 5 10 15 10 0 5 5 7 12 -10 9

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