After the first round it's KuPS - Inter Turku 0-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Veikkausliiga fixture of the season?
KuPS's stadium, Savon Sanomat Areena, has a artifical turf surface. Inter Turku have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Inter Turku when playing on artifical turf; 7 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from 18 matches. They have scored {27 goals} in these games and conceded 28.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
KuPS form and stats
The season before, KuPS's league results were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, results that produced 2nd spot in the League Cup. During these five matches they scored {3 goals} and conceded 5. Appearing at home in the former season KuPS produced 1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with {2 goals} and 2 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Veikkausliiga game of the season here at Savon Sanomat Areena. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss from KuPS's 3 home games.
The KuPS crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Inter Turku here at Savon Sanomat Areena.
Preceding that game was the away draw at HJK that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does KuPS handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the KuPS at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Inter Turku form and stats
Let's have a look at how Inter Turku performed last season in the League Cup: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total they scored 7 and conceded {3 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 1 with 1/2 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Veikkausliiga so far for Inter Turku and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 loss from 2 travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Inter, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus KuPS (placed 9th) last time out. Tamminen came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against KuPS last time out, making the manager Piles feel like a tactical genius.
Before that, Inter Turku travelled to Oulu and returned home with a draw after the League Cup game finished 1-1.Inter Turku are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Inter Turku has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged match involving both these sides is the KuPS - Inter Turku 1-2 played not long ago this season. Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two teams are: six wins for KuPS, zero draws and four wins for Inter Turku. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Jensen 2 goals |   A. Sejdiu 2 goals |  J. Veteli 1 goals |
KuPS missing players
Inter Turku missing players
| KuPS | Inter Turku | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| KuPS | Last season | Inter Turku | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 14% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 30% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Oulu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | SJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mariehamn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ilves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lahti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | VPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | KuPS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Haka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | KTP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Honka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | Oulu | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | KuPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 3 | Haka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | SJK | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | VPS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Ilves | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
