KuPS prepare for this after their 1-0 result against Haka, a game they learned a lot from. How will they do against Ilves?
- KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Veikkausliiga
- Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ilves play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Ilves when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 19 matches. They have scored 17 goals and conceded 24 times in these games.
KuPS form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Savon Sanomat Areena as KuPS have scored 8 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Veikkausliiga are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
The KuPS goalkeeper Johannes Kreidl is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 332 minutes without conceding a goal in the Veikkausliiga.
KuPS enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Haka's place. The match ended 1-0 with Diogo Tomas scoring.
Ahead of that match, KuPS won a home game hosting Oulu (2-0).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier KuPS matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and zero defeats (from five games).
KuPS has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. KuPS have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Ilves form and stats
Ilves have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Veikkausliiga, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Ilves in their previous game, as they lost their Veikkausliiga-match, hosting SJK, 0-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Haka.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ilves when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
Ilves have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. 8 goals have been conceded by Ilves in these games.
Head 2 Head
KuPS and Ilves have met before this season: Ilves - KuPS 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): KuPS five wins, three draws and Ilves two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Tomas 4 goals |  E. Vertainen 4 goals | U. Nissilä 3 goals |
KuPS missing players
Ilves missing players
| KuPS | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 8.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 38% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 26% |
- Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- KuPS have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | KuPS | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Lahti | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | SJK | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Ilves | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | HIFK | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Honka | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Haka | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Oulu | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | KTP | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 6 |