KuPS will face off against visiting side HJK at Väre Areena in the Veikkausliiga match on Friday.
View all of the KuPS v HJK predictions, poll and stats below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
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KuPS
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KuPS will be hoping for a better result after the 1-0 Veikkausliiga defeat in their last game at the hands of IFK Mariehamn.
Emmanuel Okereke (79') was the scorer for IFK Mariehamn.
An interesting feature of more recent KuPS games is the number of results with a nil in them.
From their previous sextet of matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a losing one.
Their previous form shows that KuPS:
- haven't lost in the league to HJK in their previous 2 games.
- are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.
HJK
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HJK come into this clash following on from a 3-1 Veikkausliiga win to defeat FC Haka in their previous match.
For HJK, goals were scored by Alex Ring (13'), Teemu Pukki (23') and Benji Michel (58'). Jean-Pierre Da Sylva (26') scored for FC Haka.
The attacking players from HJK have helped themselves to an abundance of goals over their previous 6 encounters (19 to be precise). That works out as the outstanding average of 3.17 goals scored per match during this period of time. Having said that, time will tell if such a trend will be sustained here in this match.
Taking a look at their past results, HJK:
- haven't won against KuPS when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 03/09/2023 shows us that KuPS have won 3 of these & HJK 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.
A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Keltamusta and 7 coming from Klubi. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The last league clash featuring these clubs was Veikkausliiga match day 9 on 31/05/2025 when it ended HJK 0-0 KuPS.
The match was refereed by Mohammad Al-Emara.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that KuPS will have a tough ask to be putting a goal past this HJK side who we think should score & stay on top.
We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought 0-1 victory for HJK when all is said and done.
Should be a close one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
In terms of the bookies’ odds on the 90 min. result market, staking on KuPS can be had for 2.9, betting on a draw is 3.5 & betting on the winner to be HJK comes in at 2.3. They’re the best of the market prices available at the current time.
Lucas Pereira,
04:00 23/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
KuPS
Formed: 1923
Stadium: Väre Areena (5,000)
Captain: Petteri Pennanen
Chairman: Vesa Kauppila
Manager: Jarkko Wiss
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 3
⭐ Key Player: Otto Ruoppi
Usually taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Otto Ruoppi was born in Finland. Having made a first senior appearance for KuPS in the 2024 season, the skilful Midfielder has struck 4 league goals in this Veikkausliiga 2025 season to date coming from a total of 13 appearances.