This could be an interesting match as Lahti have their presumed home advantage while KuPS are ahead 13 points in the Veikkausliiga table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lahti and KuPS.
Lahti's stadium, Lahden Stadion, has a grass surface. KuPS have artifical turf 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 KuPS when playing on grass; 9 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 34 goals in these games and conceded 27.
Lahti form and stats
The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for Lahti at their home stadium (Lahden Stadion) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The Lahti fans got no joy from their last match, a Veikkausliiga game also here at Lahden Stadion: A 1-2 defeat against KuPS (placed 2nd). Preceding that game was the away draw at Mariehamn that finished 2-2.
Lahti has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Lahti have conceded 10 in these home matches.
KuPS form and stats
Playing away, KuPS have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 0 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Lahti. KuPS has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
KuPS play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Lahti (placed 8th). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus RoPS.
KuPS are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. KuPS have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Lahti - KuPS 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Lahti victory, four draws and five KuPS wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Assehnoun 6 goals |  I. Niskanen 6 goals | L. Nunes Gonçalves 4 goals |
Lahti missing players
KuPS missing players
| Lahti | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 22 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 86% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 86% |
| 79% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 71% |
| 50% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 57% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 57% |
| 29% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | 58 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 76 | 176 |
| 47 | 27 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 38 | 68 |
| 45% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 34% | 40% |
- KuPS has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have not yet lost a game away.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lahti has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Veikkausliiga
- Lahti has the most matches over the total-line (11) 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 | HJK | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 33 |
| 2 | KuPS | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Honka | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | HIFK | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Ilves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Lahti | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | SJK | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Haka | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -16 | 11 |
| 11 | TPS | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 10 |
| 12 | RoPS | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | -23 | 2 |