A look at the Veikkausliiga table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our KuPS - Haka match preview!
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Veikkausliiga
- All of Haka's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
Haka play their home matches on grass, while this fixture takes place on artifical turf. The latest results for Haka when featuring on artifical turf are 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from eleven matches. They have managed to score 14 goals and conceded 20 times on these occasions.
There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Veikkausliiga match only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Mariehamn, so at least KuPS are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
KuPS form and stats
As mentioned below, KuPS are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Veikkausliiga games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Savon Sanomat Areena after three straight home wins.
KuPS shared the glory with Mariehamn in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Ahead of that match, KuPS won a home game hosting VPS (3-1).The KuPS manager Valakari has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. From these home matches, KuPS have conceded only 2 goals.
Haka form and stats
Things could have gone better for Haka in their Veikkausliiga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Haka have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 208 minutes ago. Zarokostas was the goal scorer.
Haka failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs VPS (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Haka have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): KuPS four wins, two draws and Haka four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ikaunieks 5 goals |   S. Zarokostas 2 goals |  T. Väyrynen 1 goals |
KuPS missing players
Haka missing players
| KuPS | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 2.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 9.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.7 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 55% | 70% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 27% | 24% |
| 6 | 7.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | 8.7 |
| 2.5 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
- All of Haka's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of KuPS's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Haka have created more than twice as many corners as KuPS.
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- KuPS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS have scored in all their matches so far.
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have won all their matches at home so far.
- KuPS have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- KuPS is in the best form (5-1-0) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | KuPS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Honka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Haka | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | VPS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Ilves | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Lahti | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Oulu | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | SJK | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 3 |
| 12 | HIFK | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
