The visiting KuPS side should be favourites in this visit to Mariehamn, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Mariehamn 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.
Mariehamn's stadium, Wiklöf Holding Arena, 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 6 losses from 22 matches. They have scored 33 goals in these games and conceded 25.
Mariehamn form and stats
Overall Veikkausliiga stats at home this season for Mariehamn, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Veikkausliiga, are 3-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Mariehamn's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Ilves (placed 6th). A 2-2 draw away before that, with HIFK the opponent.
The Mariehamn fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Mariehamn's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
KuPS form and stats
KuPS have an excellent away record in the Veikkausliiga so far with 4-4-0 from 8 games. KuPS have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Having won their last three away games KuPS has no reason to fear anyone.
Impressive finishing from Igors Tarasovs and Rangel secured the home win 2-0 against Suduva in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at RoPS.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to CFR Cluj.
KuPS has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: KuPS - Mariehamn 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mariehamn won two games, one match ended with a draw and KuPS has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoMariehamn missing players
KuPS missing players
| Mariehamn | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 29 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 7% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 40% |
| 19% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | 64 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 80 | 180 |
| 62 | 31 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 40 | 70 |
| 40% | 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 86% | 38% | 41% |
- KuPS has the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have not yet lost a game away.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Mariehamn has the most clean sheets (4) at home in Veikkausliiga
- Mariehamn has the most points from losing position (6) 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Honka | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | HIFK | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Ilves | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Lahti | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | SJK | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | TPS | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 11 | Haka | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -18 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -23 | 5 |