A very important fixture in Veikkausliiga as both sides are fighting for the top league positions. With SJK in 3rd position and KuPS located at 1st, this has all the looks of an exciting battle. Read on to learn more!
- SJK have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most clean sheets (6) in Veikkausliiga
It's no vacation for neither SJK 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.
SJK form and stats
When playing at home in the Veikkausliiga, SJK have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
The SJK goalkeeper Ovie Ejeheim is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Veikkausliiga.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus KuPS last time out and are looking for a victory here.
In the game before, an away victory match versus KTP with a 2-0 scoreline.SJK are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. SJK are not conceding a lot of goals here at OmaSP Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
KuPS form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Veikkausliiga.
315 minutes! That's how long the KuPS goalkeeper Johannes Kreidl and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
KuPS are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at SJK (placed 3rd).
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lahti.A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
KuPS are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SJK three wins, two draws and KuPS five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Jensen 2 goals |   V. Tikkanen 1 goals | V. Hänninen 1 goals |
SJK missing players
KuPS missing players
| SJK | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 75% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 11.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 10 | 10.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
- KuPS have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
- KuPS have not yet lost a game away.
- KuPS have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KuPS have the most clean sheets (4) away in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most clean sheets (6) in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS have the most points (10) away in Veikkausliiga
- KuPS is in the best form (5-0-0) in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have not yet lost a game.
- SJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- SJK have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) 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 | KuPS | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | HJK | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | SJK | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Honka | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Oulu | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 6 | Haka | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Ilves | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Lahti | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | VPS | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | KTP | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Inter Turku | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 4 |
