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KuPS vs FC Lahti Live Stream, Predictions
FC Lahti make the trip to Väre Areena on Saturday for the Veikkausliiga fixture with home side KuPS.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for KuPS v FC Lahti, scroll down (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide
KuPS
LWWWWW 🔥
KuPS go into this game coming off the back of a 0-0 Veikkausliiga drawn game versus FC Lahti.
An interesting aspect of recent KuPS games is the number of results with a nil in them.
Taking their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on BTTS would have lost.
Analysis of their past results shows that KuPS:
- haven't been beaten in the league by FC Lahti in their last 9 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
- are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.
FC Lahti
WDWDLD
Mikko Mannila's FC Lahti have slotted home 5 times in the course of their latest 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that period adds up to 6.
Analysis of their past results shows that FC Lahti:
- have not emerged victorious against KuPS in games played away from home for the previous 9 league games. An awful away record.
- are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Delving into their past head to head meetings going back to 22/07/2020 reveals that these encounters have not been happy ones for FC Lahti. They’ve not managed to get any wins at all while KuPS have dominated them, winning in 83 per cent of those matches played.
A sum of 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 16 from Keltamusta and 5 netted by Mustat kuhnurit. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.
The previous league contest between the two was Veikkausliiga match day 13 on 10/07/2022 when it finished KuPS 4-0 FC Lahti.
That time, KuPS managed 59% possession and 18 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. The goals were scored by Saku Savolainen (33'), Anton Popovitch (73'), Gabriel Bispo (82') and Tim Väyrynen (83').
FC Lahti got 4 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.
The referee was Joni Hyytia.
ℹ️ Team News: KuPS
The KuPS boss Jani Honkavaara will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all before this game with a completely injury-free group available to choose from.
ℹ️ Team News: FC Lahti
Owing to a completely healthy group available to select from, the FC Lahti manager Mikko Mannila has zero fitness worries to report before this clash.
💡 Prediction
In this match, FC Lahti will have to play really well to be getting goals against a KuPS team who seem set to control this match over the entire pitch.
We’re going for a very comprehensive 3-0 victory for KuPS at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:56 16/05/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
KuPS
Formed: 1923
Stadium: Väre Areena (5,000)
Captain: Henri Toivomäki
Chairman: Markku Raatikainen
Manager: Jani Honkavaara
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 2
🔑 Star Man: Urho Nissilä

Mostly deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Urho Nissilä was born in Finland. After making a first senior appearance for KuPS in the 2015 season, the accomplished Midfielder has hit 2 league goals in this Veikkausliiga 2023 season to date coming from a total of 5 appearances.
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | DWLDW |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | WWWWW |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | DDWWW |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 11 | DLWLW |
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 9 | DDWLL |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | DLWWL |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 | WLWLL |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 6 | DWDLD |
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7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 6 | WLLDD |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 5 | LLDWL |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 | LLLLW |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 | WWLLL |
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Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 50 |
Time first goal conceded | 28 |
Yellow cards | 2.8 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Urho Nissilä | 3 |
Joona Veteli | 3 |
Saku Savolainen | 2 |
Jasse Tuominen | 2 |
Clinton Antwi | 1 |
Juho Pirttijoki | 2 |
Onni Hänninen | 1 |
Tommi Jäntti | 1 |
Matheus Alves | 1 |
Altin Zeqiri | 1 |
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