Soccer match preview: KuPS confident before travelling to Oulu

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Tue 17.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raatin stadion (6996 seats)

Raatin stadion: Sound the horn for a football celebration when Oulu engage KuPS. Get the latest news on the game at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Oulu have not yet lost a game at home.
  • KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Veikkausliiga

This arena has the surface grass, unlike KuPS's home ground. The latest 23 games by the away team on grass have seen 11 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses.

Oulu have less rest than KuPS in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Raatin stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, KuPS have had more rest.

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Oulu form and stats

Oulu have collected 8 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 2-2-0.

Oulu's last game was hosting Honka (placed 3rd) and winning 2-1.

Before that, Oulu drew at home versus HIFK.

Oulu has scored 8 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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KuPS form and stats

KuPS are happy with their away performances in the Veikkausliiga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.

Impressive finishing from Ikaunieks and Väyrynen secured the home win 2-1 against Haka in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Mariehamn that ended 1-1.

KuPS have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. KuPS are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous nine meetings with these contenders: Oulu won zero, KuPS triumphed in eight and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

KuPSJ. Ikaunieks
J. Ikaunieks
5 goals
OuluM. Yaghoubi
M. Yaghoubi
1 goals
OuluO. Suutari
O. Suutari
1 goals

Oulu missing players

KuPS missing players

Oulu KuPS
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 2 3 7
2 2 1 Won W 2 2 6
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
12 8 2 Scored S 3 4 13
10 4 1 Conceded C 1 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 86%
86% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 57%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
86% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 71%
14% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.9 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.7 2.6
6.1 7.5 9 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.3 3.7
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 9.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5 7.1
3.7 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 3.1
46% 47% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 40% 59%
 
7.4 9.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 2.5 4.3 6.9
3.4 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 1.7 2.9
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • All of Oulu's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KuPS have not yet lost a game.
  • KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • KuPS have scored in all their matches so far.
  • KuPS have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Veikkausliiga
  • KuPS have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Veikkausliiga
  • KuPS have the the best goal difference (+8) in Veikkausliiga
  • KuPS have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • KuPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KuPS is in the best form (5-1-0) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Oulu have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Oulu have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Oulu have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Oulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 6 1 0 13 5 4 4 0 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 8 19
2 HJK 8 6 1 1 10 6 3 2 0 1 4 5 5 4 1 0 6 1 4 19
3 Honka 7 4 1 2 14 8 3 3 0 0 10 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 6 13
4 Inter Turku 8 3 1 4 14 11 5 2 1 2 8 6 3 1 0 2 6 5 3 10
5 Ilves 7 3 1 3 12 11 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 10
6 Oulu 7 2 3 2 12 10 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 0 1 2 4 6 2 9
7 Haka 7 3 0 4 9 12 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 1 0 3 5 8 -3 9
8 Lahti 7 2 2 3 6 10 4 0 1 3 1 9 3 2 1 0 5 1 -4 8
9 VPS 7 2 1 4 12 10 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 0 2 10 6 2 7
10 Mariehamn 7 1 4 2 5 9 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 6 -4 7
11 SJK 7 2 0 5 6 14 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 1 0 3 3 10 -8 6
12 HIFK 7 0 3 4 6 13 3 0 1 2 1 6 4 0 2 2 5 7 -7 3

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.