KuPS and RoPS are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Veikkausliiga season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Finland Cup game only four days ago. Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
KuPS form and stats
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does KuPS handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D3-L0. There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for KuPS as they are travelling to their away game against Lahti in the Veikkausliiga. That match is three days after this one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the KuPS friendly games in pre-season: KuPS played five friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that KuPS scored 4 goals and conceded 5 in these five games.
Last season, KuPS's league statistics were 17 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 33 matches they scored 56 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season KuPS managed 8-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 21 conceded.
RoPS form and stats
RoPS are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 11 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 23 matches. A quick return to home after this game, as RoPS are hosting Honka in the Veikkausliiga only three days away.
It's a day of discovery for RoPS as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which RoPS have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games RoPS has scored 0 goals and conceded 0 times.
Let's have a look at how RoPS performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 3 with 22/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): KuPS 3 wins, 3 draws and RoPS 4 victories.Top Goalscorers
KuPS missing players
RoPS missing players
| KuPS | Last season | RoPS | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | Played | 17 | 33 |
| 56 | 31 | Scored | 22 | 42 |
| 37 | 21 | Conceded | 17 | 25 |
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 82% | 88% |
| 82% | 88% | Over 1.5 | 59% | 58% |
| 58% | 59% | Over 2.5 | 53% | 39% |
| 27% | 35% | Over 3.5 | 24% | 12% |
| 15% | 18% | Over 4.5 | 6% | 3% |
| 70% | 82% | Both teams to score | 47% | 36% |
| 18% | 6% | Clean Sheet | 41% | 52% |
| 15% | 12% | Failed To Score | 29% | 24% |
- KuPS hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- RoPS is involved in more goals away, than home.
- KuPS is involved in more goals home, than away.
| Last season | 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 | HJK | 33 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 42 | 78 |
| 2 | RoPS | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 62 |
| 3 | KuPS | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Honka | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 58 |
| 5 | Ilves | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 49 |
| 6 | VPS | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 41 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -7 | 40 |
| 8 | Lahti | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 40 |
| 9 | SJK | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 32 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -22 | 31 |
| 11 | TPS | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | -18 | 29 |
| 12 | PS Kemi | 33 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 35 | -30 | 24 |
