📏 Form Guide

IFK Mariehamn

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IFK Mariehamn, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 3-2 Veikkausliiga success versus Ekenäs IF.

For IFK Mariehamn, goals were scored by Sebastian Dahlström (6'), Muhamed Tehe Olawale (9') and Oskari Sallinen (84'). Noah Lundström (8', 18') was the scorer for Ekenäs IF.

Their latest results reveal that quality has been evident in the IFK Mariehamn defence. IFK Mariehamn have given the opposition little, with the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their previous six matches standing at 4.

Heading into this contest, IFK Mariehamn are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.

KuPS

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KuPS go into this clash following a 3-1 Veikkausliiga win with the eclipse of HJK in their previous fixture.

For KuPS, goals were scored by Saku Savolainen (66') and Petteri Pennanen (77'). Anthony Olusanya (25' Own goal) and David Ezeh (97') scored for HJK.

The numbers tell their own story, and KuPS have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals overall. Defensively, KuPS have not been doing too well. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that KuPS:

• have not been beaten by IFK Mariehamn when having played them away from home in the previous 8 league matches. An amazing record against them.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 league matches away from home. Travelling very well.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 14/05/2021 shows us that IFK Mariehamn have won 1 of them & KuPS 4, with the tally of draws being 1.

A combined sum of 9 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 2 for Grönvitt and 7 for Keltamusta. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.5.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Veikkausliiga match day 12 on 27/06/2023 when it ended KuPS 0-1 IFK Mariehamn.

The match was refereed by Oskari Hämäläinen.

🗞️ Team News: IFK Mariehamn

The IFK Mariehamn manager Bruno Romão will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free group ready to go.

📋 Team News: KuPS

Thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from, the KuPS manager Jani Honkavaara has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game.

💭 Prediction

We believe that IFK Mariehamn are certainly able to breach the defence of this KuPS team, although just one goal is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.

We are therefore anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for KuPS when all is said and done. Hopefully this is a good one.

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

Peter Guest, 13:04 13/04/2024