Haka and KuPS draw 2-2 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

VALKEAKOSKI. Haka manages to recover against KuPS with a penalty kick on the A. Heinonen 45' and a goal on the S. Savolainen 48'.

John Ross

August 30, 2023

VALKEAKOSKI. Haka finds the way to recover against KuPS with a penalty kick on the A. Heinonen 45′ and a goal on the S. Savolainen 48′.

The match was played at the Tehtaan kenttä stadium in Valkeakoski on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen assisted by Sami Nykanen and Eerik Hyöty. The 4th official was Aapo Kyllönen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.07 degrees Celsius or 59.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.

Match Statistics

Haka

2 - 2

KuPS

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

5 Total 7
2 On Target 3
2 Off Target 4
1 Shots blocked 0

71 Attack 102
27 Dangerous attack 80
72 Ball safe 82

0 Penalties 1
3 Corners 9

Fouls

11 Total 5
5 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 3

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Haka was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. KuPS that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

KuPS was more pushing with 80 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough KuPS to win the contest.

Haka shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, KuPS shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Haka received 5 yellow cards (Fallou Ndiaye, Janne-Pekka Laine, Stavros Zarokostas, Niklas Friberg and Juan Lescano). Regarding the opposition, KuPS received 3 yellow cards (Tete Yengi, Jasse Tuominen and Arttu Heinonen).

Match Timeline

Juan Lescano(goal)

14'

17'

Arttu Heinonen- Yellow

Juan Lescano- Yellow

24'

Niklas Friberg - Yellow

32'

37'

Ibrahim Cissé(owngoal)Elias Mastokangas

45'

Arttu Heinonen(penalty)

46'

Jake Jervis- sub ->Arttu Heinonen

48'

Saku Savolainen(goal)Clinton Antwi

55'

59'

Stavros Zarokostas- sub ->Oliver Whyte

59'

67'

Jaakko Oksanen- sub ->Saku Savolainen

71'

Stavros Zarokostas- Yellow

81'

Jesús Alvarado- sub ->Juan Lescano

82'

Haymenn Bah-Traoré- sub ->Logan Rogerson

82'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

HJK

KuPS

SJK

VPS

KTP

After this match, Haka will have 21 points to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, KuPS will have 42 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, Haka will host SJK on the 3rd of September with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of SJK (4 draws).

KuPS will play away agasint HJK on the 3rd of September with a 22-10 head to head record in favor of HJK (15 draws).

Haka – Formation

Haka

Aatu Hakala 12.Finland

Haik Moussakhanian 2.Belarus

Niklas Friberg 3.Finland

32'

Fallou Ndiaye 5.Senegal

59'

Ryan Mahuta 18.South Sudan

A. Sihvonen 6.Finland

59'

Oliver Whyte 7.New Zealand

59'

Maissa Fall 23.Senegal

Juan Lescano 9.Argentina

82'

24'

14'

Logan Rogerson 11.New Zealand

82'

Elias Mastokangas 28.Finland

Substitutes

Anton Lepola 1.Finland

Haymenn Bah-Traoré 21.Togo

82'

Tuure Siira 8.Finland

Tino Purme 15.Finland

Janne-Pekka Laine 17.Finland

59'

90'

Stavros Zarokostas 10.Greece

59'

81'

Jesús Alvarado 13.Mexico

82'

Haka adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Teemu Tainio decided to play with the following team: Aatu Hakala, Niklas Friberg, Fallou Ndiaye, Haik Moussakhanian, Ryan Mahuta, Oliver Whyte, Maissa Fall, Atte Sihvonen, Logan Rogerson, Juan Lescano and Elias Mastokangas.

The home team had on the bench: Anton Lepola, Tuure Siira, Stavros Zarokostas, Jesús Alvarado, Tino Purme, Janne-Pekka Laine and Haymenn Bah-Traoré.

Substitutions

Haka made 4 changes: Atte Sihvonen for Janne-Pekka Laine (59′), Oliver Whyte for Stavros Zarokostas (59′), Juan Lescano for Jesús Alvarado (82′) and Logan Rogerson for Haymenn Bah-Traoré (82′).

KuPS – Formation

KuPS

Johannes Kreidl 1.Austria

Ibrahim Cissé 15.Ivory Coast

Seth Saarinen 18.Finland

Clinton Antwi 25.Ghana

T. Miettinen 38.Finland

Eliton Júnior 10.Brazil

67'

Anton Popovitch 14.Finland

Arttu Heinonen 17.Finland

46'

17'

45'

Saku Savolainen 6.Finland

67'

48'

Jasse Tuominen 9.Finland

71'

Tete Yengi 23.Australia

55'

Substitutes

Hemmo Riihimäki 12.Finland

S. Miettinen 16.Finland

T. Hämäläinen 33.Finland

Sebastian Dahlström 8.Finland

Jaakko Oksanen 13.Finland

67'

Gabriel Bispo 19.Brazil

67'

Jake Jervis 44.England

46'

Also KuPS adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Jani Honkavaara played with: Johannes Kreidl, Seth Saarinen, Ibrahim Cissé, Tony Miettinen, Clinton Antwi, Anton Popovitch, Arttu Heinonen, Eliton Júnior, Saku Savolainen, Tete Yengi and Jasse Tuominen.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sebastian Dahlström, Hemmo Riihimäki, Jaakko Oksanen, Samuli Miettinen, Gabriel Bispo, Taneli Hämäläinen and Jake Jervis.