A quick peek at the Veikkausliiga standings suggest an edge to KuPS when they come to Lahti. Yet; let's play the game before we elect a winner!
- Lahti have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Veikkausliiga
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting KuPS have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 16-6-4 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.
It's no vacation for neither Lahti nor KuPS as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lahti form and stats
The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for Lahti at their home stadium (Lahden Stadion) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
No payout for Lahti in their previous match, an away game at KTP that ended in defeat 0-2.
Before that, Lahti had a home game versus Haka which ended with a victory 1-0.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lahti here at Lahden Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). When Lahti hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like VPS, Mariehamn and Haka), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
KuPS form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Veikkausliiga.
KuPS have a lot to prove after their unpredictable defeat (0-1) to Mariehamn in their previous game, played at their own home ground. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.
A home victory as predicted against HIFK ahead of that, in the Finland Cup.
Lacking goals? 11 of this club's most recent 13 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
KuPS have another match that requires travelling in just four days, a Finland Cup match versus Mariehamn. A demanding calendar for the guests!
KuPS find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. KuPS are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest matches featuring these teams have all ended as KuPS victories. Another one?The previous head-to-head game ended KuPS - Lahti 2-0, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 3 goals | I. Sadik 3 goals |
Lahti missing players
KuPS missing players
| Lahti | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 64% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 55% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 10 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 32% | 28% |
| 11.5 | 7.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS have scored more than double the goals of Lahti.
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most clean sheets (9) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lahti have the fewest points (4) at home in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | HJK | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | SJK | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Oulu | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Honka | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | KTP | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Ilves | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Haka | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 10 | Lahti | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | VPS | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 6 |
