Only victory will do for the KuPS followers in this Savon Sanomat Areena clash with VPS, having a solid lead on the away team in the Veikkausliiga standings.
- KuPS have the most clean sheets (9) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the fewest scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga
KuPS have less rest than VPS in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Finland Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Mariehamn.
KuPS form and stats
5 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what KuPS have to build on here at Savon Sanomat Areena in the Veikkausliiga.
The KuPS manager Honkavaara and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Mariehamn in the Finland Cup.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lahti and winning 4-3.It should be noted that a peek at the 14 latest league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
KuPS has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. KuPS are not conceding a lot of goals here at Savon Sanomat Areena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
VPS form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VPS so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in VPS's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The club members enjoyed VPS's previous game versus Inter Turku (placed 6th), a 3-0 win played at home. Hooray; their first win in the league after seven matches not winning.
Prior to that match, the VPS manager Nuorela faced defeat when travelling to Honka and losing 0-1.The schedule is very tough for VPS now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Veikkausliiga game at Inter Turku is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of VPS when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. VPS has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
KuPS have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (6-1-0) when facing VPS.The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: VPS - KuPS 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals |  J. Veteli 1 goals | J. Tuominen 1 goals |
KuPS missing players
VPS missing players
| KuPS | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 27% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 46% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 15% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 31% |
| 60% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 11.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10 | 9.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 21% | 22% |
| 6.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4 |
- KuPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS have scored more than double the goals of VPS.
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most clean sheets (9) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- VPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- VPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VPS have the fewest points (1) away in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the fewest scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have yet to win a game away.
- VPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | SJK | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | KTP | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Ilves | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Haka | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | VPS | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
