There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with KuPS leading TPS by 13 points.
The visiting TPS played their last game only three days ago, a Veikkausliiga match.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not TPS's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf TPS have performed like this: Played 16 matches resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 12-26 (scored/conceded).
KuPS form and stats
KuPS have collected 12 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 4-0-1.
KuPS's last game was hosting Mariehamn (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Heartbreak before that as KuPS lost 0-5 at Molde's place.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for KuPS home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from KuPS in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. KuPS have conceded 5 in these home matches.
TPS form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of TPS playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, TPS are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
236 minutes! That's how long the TPS goalkeeper Jere Koponen and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
TPS won their last game, 1-0 versus HIFK played at home. Before that, TPS secured a home win against Inter Turku with the score 1-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where TPS played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The attacking power of TPS when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, TPS have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: KuPS won five, TPS won one and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Niskanen 6 goals | L. Nunes Gonçalves 3 goals | U. Nissilä 2 goals |
KuPS missing players
TPS missing players
| KuPS | TPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 6.9 | 8.6 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 5 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 137 | 74 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 46 | 88 |
| 50 | 18 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 38% | 44% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 27% |
- KuPS has the most scored goals in the first half (11)
- KuPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KuPS have scored more than double the goals of TPS.
- KuPS have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- KuPS have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- TPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- TPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- TPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- TPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | KuPS | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Honka | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Mariehamn | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Lahti | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | HIFK | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Ilves | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | TPS | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | SJK | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Haka | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 12 | RoPS | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -17 | 2 |