This has the looks of another engrossing run-in at Lippumäen kuplahalli in the Club Friendlies 3. KuPS is in 2nd position and receive KTP in 1st place. Learn more about the fixture here!
This arena has artifical turf, which is not KTP's normal surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf KTP have performed like this: Played 16 matches with the outcome 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats with the goal numbers 32-27 (scored/conceded).
Both teams have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic match!
KuPS form and stats
KuPS could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Club Friendlies 3. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Lippumäen kuplahalli they witnessed 7 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D4 - L3 from 22 games.
KTP form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for KTP as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 1 victory from 22 games, relegation was a fact. KTP's manager Kankkunen are hoping to lead the team right back to Veikkausliiga at the first attempt.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding five meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for KuPS, one draw and one win for KTP. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Väyrynen 9 goals |  U. Nissilä 8 goals | D. Tomas 5 goals |
KuPS missing players
KTP missing players
| KuPS | KTP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KuPS | Last season | KTP | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 20 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 33 | 58 | ||
| 89% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 63% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 63% | ||
| 26% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 37% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 11% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 63% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 11% | ||
| 15% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 30% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 39% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 59 |
| 2 | KuPS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 58 |
| 3 | SJK | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 48 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 45 |
| 5 | Ilves | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | HIFK | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 35 |
