KuPS vs Ilves: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Date: Fri 24.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Savon Sanomat Areena (4700 seats)

This could be an interesting match as KuPS have their presumed home advantage while Ilves are ahead 3 points in the Veikkausliiga table.

Ilves could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only four sleeps ago.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Ilves's home stadium. The visitors last 18 games on artificial turf have ended in 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.

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KuPS form and stats

When playing at home, KuPS have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

KuPS lost their last game at Inter Turku after a 0-1 scoreline. 1-1 away at HIFK before that.

The KuPS fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. KuPS have conceded 6 from these games.

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Ilves form and stats

Playing away, Ilves have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats so far this season. Things are running smoothly for Ilves who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against KuPS. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the KPV game have they lost an away game, meaning Ilves has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

There were no winners in Ilves's previous match, a Veikkausliiga home game that ended 0-0 vs Mariehamn. Preceding that game was the away Finland Cup victory against KPV with the score of 3-2.

Ilves are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games. Ilves are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: KuPS won 2, Ilves won 8 and 0 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Pennanen
3 goals
R. Karjalainen
3 goals
Rangel
3 goals

KuPS missing players

Ilves missing players

KuPS Ilves
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played 1 4 8
3 1 0 Won 0 3 4
4 2 0 Drew 1 1 4
2 1 1 Lost 0 0 0
14 5 0 Scored 0 4 6
14 6 3 Conceded 0 0 1
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 0% 75% 62%
67% 75% 100% Over 1.5 0% 25% 25%
56% 75% 100% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 12%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 100% 88%
33% 50% 100% Failed To Score 100% 25% 38%
 
4 5 7 Corners For (avg) 1 3.5 4.2
4.8 4.8 6 Corners Against (avg) 4 3.2 2.9
1.9 2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 1.8 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Ilves have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
  • Ilves have not yet lost a game.
  • Ilves have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ilves have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • KuPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KuPS have scored more than double the goals of Ilves.
  • KuPS have won significantly more corners at home than away.

KuPS
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
26-04-19 VE RoPS 0 - 1 KuPS
01-05-19 VE Mariehamn 3 - 4 KuPS
05-05-19 VE KuPS 3 - 1 KPV
12-05-19 VE HIFK 1 - 1 KuPS
17-05-19 VE Inter Turku 1 - 0 KuPS
24-05-19 VE KuPS 15:30 Ilves
02-06-19 VE KuPS 15:30 SJK
17-06-19 VE VPS 15:30 KuPS
25-06-19 VE KuPS 15:30 Lahti
29-06-19 VE HJK 14:00 KuPS
Ilves
All Veikkausliiga Finland Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-05-19 VE HJK 0 - 0 Ilves
07-05-19 VE Ilves 1 - 1 Honka
12-05-19 VE RoPS 0 - 1 Ilves
16-05-19 FC KPV 2 - 3 Ilves
20-05-19 VE Ilves 0 - 0 Mariehamn
24-05-19 VE KuPS 15:30 Ilves
31-05-19 VE Inter Turku 15:30 Ilves
14-06-19 VE Ilves 15:30 HIFK
15-06-19 FC Mariehamn - Ilves
25-06-19 VE Ilves 15:30 KPV

  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 9 5 1 3 17 11 4 3 0 1 9 3 5 2 1 2 8 8 6 16
2 Ilves 8 4 4 0 6 1 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 3 1 0 4 0 5 16
3 Honka 8 4 2 2 13 11 3 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 1 1 8 5 2 14
4 SJK 9 3 4 2 9 8 5 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 3 0 6 5 1 13
5 KuPS 9 3 4 2 14 14 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 2 2 1 9 8 0 13
6 HJK 10 2 6 2 9 13 5 2 3 0 7 5 5 0 3 2 2 8 -4 12
7 Mariehamn 8 3 2 3 15 10 3 1 0 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 9 4 5 11
8 Lahti 8 2 5 1 10 7 5 1 4 0 9 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 11
9 RoPS 9 3 1 5 6 11 4 1 0 3 2 4 5 2 1 2 4 7 -5 10
10 HIFK 8 1 4 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 0 2 2 2 4 -1 7
11 VPS 8 0 6 2 7 9 5 0 3 2 5 7 3 0 3 0 2 2 -2 6
12 KPV 8 0 3 5 4 14 5 0 2 3 1 8 3 0 1 2 3 6 -10 3

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