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Predictions and Tips
KuPS will do battle with the visiting Ilves at Väre Areena in this Veikkausliiga game on Saturday.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the KuPS v Ilves game - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide

KuPS
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KuPS prepare for this fixture following on from a 0-0 Veikkausliiga tied result against HJK.
An interesting feature of recent KuPS games is the number of nil scores.
Taking their previous sextet of clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a loser.
Heading into this contest, KuPS have not registered a win against Ilves in their previous 2 league games.
Ilves
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Ilves will come into the match following a 0-2 Veikkausliiga win to defeat IF Gnistan in their last match.
For Ilves, goals were scored by Oiva Jukkola (87') and Adeleke Akinyemi (94').
In the course of their six most recent matches, Joonas Rantanen's Ilves have converted a total of 9 times - giving them the goals per game average of 1.5.
Ahead of this clash, Ilves have not registered a win against KuPS in away games against them for the last 10 matches in the league. A very poor run of away results.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 23/04/2023 tells us that KuPS have won 4 of these & Ilves 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.
A sum of 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 for Keltamusta and 5 for Ipa. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.
🔮 Prediction
In our view, Ilves certainly have the ability to score against this KuPS team, however that probably won’t be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for KuPS by the conclusion of the game. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Renata Leite, 15:03 14/06/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
KuPS
Formed: 1923
Stadium: Väre Areena (5,000)
Captain: Petteri Pennanen
Chairman: Vesa Kauppila
Manager: Jarkko Wiss
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 1
🔑 Star Man: Agon Sadiku
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Agon Sadiku was born in Raahe, Finland. After making a first senior appearance for FC Honka in the 2022 season, the talented Forward has scored 2 league goals in the Veikkausliiga 2025 season to date coming from a total of 9 appearances.
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11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 23 | WWLLD |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | DWWWD |
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11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 20 | WWWWD |
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 | WLWDW |
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11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | LDLLD |
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9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | WWDWL |
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10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 12 | LLDWD |
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9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 11 | WWDDL |
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 11 | LDWLD |
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9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 | WLDDL |
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9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -13 | 6 | LLLDD |
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11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 5 | WLLDD |
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Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 0.5 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Otto Ruoppi | 4 |
Petteri Pennanen | 3 |
Agon Sadiku | 2 |
Mohamed Toure | 2 |
Ousmane Diawara | 1 |
Roope Riski | 6 |
Marius Söderbäck | 4 |
Lauri Ala-Myllymäki | 3 |
Matias Rale | 3 |
Joona Veteli | 3 |
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