📊 Form Guide

KuPS

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KuPS will be looking for another win after the 1-2 Veikkausliiga victory over HJK.

In that game, KuPS managed 60% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For KuPS, the goalscorers were Eliton Júnior (8') and Seth Saarinen (67'). At the other end, HJK got 7 shots at goal with 4 on target. Pyry Soiri (63') scored for HJK.

It has not been often in recent times that KuPS have shown defensive steel. In fact, KuPS have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals in the process.

HJK

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against PAOK in Conference League competition, HJK will be hoping to turn things around here.

For HJK, the scorers were Bojan Radulović (6'), Joona Toivio (53' Own goal) and Përparim Hetemaj (91'). Magomed Ozdoev (37'), Giannis Konstantelias (47') and Thomas Murg (85') scored for PAOK.

Showing their bias toward high-scoring matches, we’ve had goals 25 times in the previous six games in which HJK have sent out their troops, making it an average of 4.17 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have managed 18 of these goals. We will find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 29/05/2022 tells us that KuPS have won 3 of them & HJK 0, with the number of drawn results being 3.

An aggregate of 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them from Keltamusta and 5 netted by Klubi. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league contest between these clubs was Veikkausliiga match day 5 on 21/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of HJK 1-2 KuPS.

On that occasion, HJK managed 40% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Pyry Soiri (63').

KuPS got 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. Eliton Júnior (8') and Seth Saarinen (67') scored.

The referee was Oliver Reitala.

ℹ️ Team News: KuPS

The KuPS manager Jani Honkavaara has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match with a completely healthy squad available to choose from.

📰 Team News: HJK

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection, the HJK boss Ossi Virta does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this game.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that KuPS will really need to work well to breach the defence of this HJK lineup who should manage to score & go ahead.

We’re therefore predicting a good battle with a 0-1 winning margin for HJK at the end of the 90.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 15:05 06/04/2024