With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Veikkausliiga game of the season. KuPS look forward to welcoming HJK in front of their home support.
KuPS and HJK should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
KuPS form and stats
Last season, KuPS's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season KuPS managed 7-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 14 conceded.
HJK form and stats
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for HJK, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Let's have a look at how HJK performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 26/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
KuPS-HJK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: KuPS three wins, HJK three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 1 goals |  D. Browne 1 goals |  F. Valenčič 1 goals |
KuPS missing players
HJK missing players
| KuPS | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| KuPS | Last season | HJK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 26 | 53 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 86% | ||
| 59% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 59% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 18% | ||
| 55% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 45% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 9% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.8 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | KuPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Honka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | KuPS | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Honka | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | SJK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | HIFK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | Haka | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -16 | 22 |
| 11 | TPS | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | RoPS | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -36 | 5 |