The season is still fairly new and the Veikkausliiga table has to be read with caution. So far RoPS find themselves in 8th position and KuPS are placed 9th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
RoPS form and stats
RoPS's first home game here at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 16 matches. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for RoPS, their manager T. Koskela and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.The fans are hoping that RoPS will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Veikkausliiga game against Mariehamn. In the game before, an away victory match versus KPV with a 1-0 scoreline.
RoPS has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game.
KuPS form and stats
One match played away so far for KuPS and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 16 games.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Veikkausliiga home defeat versus Honka with 0-3 on the scoreboard. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting HJK.
3 goals so far away for KuPS, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was KuPS - RoPS 2-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): RoPS 4 wins, 3 draws and KuPS 3 victories.Top Goalscorers
  R. Karjalainen 2 goals |   J. Hyvärinen 1 goals |  S. Ala 1 goals |
RoPS missing players
KuPS missing players
| RoPS | KuPS | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | Played | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Scored | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 100% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | Both teams to score | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | 1 | 4.2 |
| 5.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
| RoPS | Last season | KuPS | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | Played | 16 | 33 |
| 42 | 20 | Scored | 25 | 56 |
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | 16 | 37 |
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 97% |
| 58% | 56% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 82% |
| 39% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 56% | 58% |
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 19% | 27% |
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 12% | 15% |
| 36% | 25% | Both teams to score | 56% | 70% |
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheet | 31% | 18% |
| 24% | 19% | Failed To Score | 19% | 15% |
| 3.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | HJK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | SJK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Mariehamn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Honka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ilves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | RoPS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | KuPS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | VPS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | KPV | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | HIFK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
