Soccer match preview: KuPS confident before travelling to Mariehamn

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sun 05.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wiklöf Holding Arena (4000 seats)

Mariehamn will hope that their home comfort is enough to get all three points from this demanding meeting, vs fiery KuPS.

Insights:
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals (11) in Veikkausliiga
  • KuPS have the most scored goals (31) in Veikkausliiga

Mariehamn and KuPS should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This football field uses grass, unlike KuPS's home stadium. The last 26 games by the away team on grass have ended with 11 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses.

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Mariehamn form and stats

With 2 Veikkausliiga wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Mariehamn are certainly not brimming with confidence.

A nice win for Mariehamn last time playing, versus Ilves. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Mohammed Abubakari scoring for the victors.

Before that game, the home loss against Honka with the scoreline 1-3.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mariehamn here at Wiklöf Holding Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 9 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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KuPS form and stats

KuPS's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed KuPS collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Veikkausliiga. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Things are running smoothly for KuPS who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Haka.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to HJK (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The Veikkausliiga match ended in a draw 1-1.

Preceding that game was the away victory against HIFK with the score of 5-1.

KuPS have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. As opposed to that, KuPS have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; KuPS - Mariehamn 2-0. Mariehamn-KuPS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mariehamn zero wins, KuPS nine wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KuPSU. Nissilä
U. Nissilä
7 goals
KuPSD. Tomas
D. Tomas
4 goals
MariehamnM. Olawale
M. Olawale
3 goals

Mariehamn missing players

KuPS missing players

Mariehamn KuPS
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 2 5 11
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
11 6 3 Lost L 0 2 3
11 5 0 Scored S 3 16 31
26 14 4 Conceded C 0 8 13
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
65% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 65%
41% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 41%
18% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 18%
24% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 41%
18% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 53%
65% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
4.8 4.9 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.8
5.8 5 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 3.4
2.1 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.8
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 7.9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.6 9.2
2.6 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.2
24% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 55% 43%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • KuPS have scored more than double the goals of Mariehamn.
  • KuPS have the most scored goals (31) in Veikkausliiga
  • KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Veikkausliiga
  • KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Mariehamn have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mariehamn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals (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 18 14 3 1 29 8 9 7 2 0 17 5 9 7 1 1 12 3 21 45
2 KuPS 17 11 3 3 31 13 9 6 2 1 15 5 8 5 1 2 16 8 18 36
3 Inter Turku 18 10 2 6 28 17 9 6 2 1 15 6 9 4 0 5 13 11 11 32
4 SJK 16 9 3 4 22 13 9 5 2 2 16 9 7 4 1 2 6 4 9 30
5 Lahti 18 7 7 4 24 19 10 5 2 3 14 11 8 2 5 1 10 8 5 28
6 HIFK 15 6 5 4 17 16 8 2 2 4 8 14 7 4 3 0 9 2 1 23
7 Honka 18 6 3 9 25 27 8 3 1 4 9 11 10 3 2 5 16 16 -2 21
8 Ilves 17 6 2 9 16 23 7 5 0 2 9 7 10 1 2 7 7 16 -7 20
9 Oulu 18 5 2 11 16 27 10 3 2 5 8 13 8 2 0 6 8 14 -11 17
10 Haka 17 4 3 10 13 23 7 1 2 4 4 9 10 3 1 6 9 14 -10 15
11 Mariehamn 17 4 2 11 11 26 9 2 1 6 5 14 8 2 1 5 6 12 -15 14
12 KTP 17 1 5 11 13 33 8 0 2 6 5 16 9 1 3 5 8 17 -20 8

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.