Mariehamn and KuPS draw 2-2 on Saturday

MARIEHAMN. Mariehamn finds the way to recover against KuPS with a goal on the O. Ruoppi 45' and a penalty kick on the A. Vidjeskog 90'.

John Ross

April 14, 2024

MARIEHAMN. Mariehamn manages to recover against KuPS with a goal on the O. Ruoppi 45′ and a penalty kick on the A. Vidjeskog 90′.

The match was played at the Wiklöf Holding Arena stadium in Mariehamn on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Antamo who had the assistance of Turkka Valjakka and Riku Vihreävuori. The 4th official was Antti Kolehmainen. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.34 degrees Celsius or 41.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.

Match Statistics

Mariehamn

2 - 2

KuPS

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

7 Total 16
4 On Target 5
3 Off Target 11
1 Shots blocked 7

49 Attack 98
22 Dangerous attack 61
76 Ball safe 100

1 Penalties 1
2 Corners 7

Fouls

13 Total 13
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

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. Mariehamn 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 61 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough KuPS to win the encounter.

Mariehamn shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, KuPS shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Mariehamn received 4 yellow cards (Matias Ojala, Oskari Sallinen, Emmanuel Patut and Muhamed Tehe Olawale). On the opposite side, KuPS didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Muhamed Tehe Olawale- Yellow

14'

Muhamed Tehe Olawale(goal)

43'

45'

Otto Ruoppi(goal)Saku Savolainen

46'

Ibrahim Cissé- sub ->Kristopher Da Graca

Adam Larsson(penalty)

47'

46'

Jonathan Muzinga- sub ->Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya

Matias Ojala- sub ->Hugo Cardoso

56'

Emmanuel Patut- Yellow

67'

72'

Arttu Heinonen- sub ->Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba

Matias Ojala- Yellow

75'

Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Okereke- sub ->Patrik Raitanen

75'

84'

T. Hämäläinen- sub ->Saku Savolainen

85'

Mohammed Muritala Omotosho- sub ->Otto Ruoppi

Jiri Nissinen- sub ->Robin Sid

85'

Oskari Sallinen- sub ->Adam Larsson

86'

Oskari Sallinen- Yellow

90'

Axel Vidjeskog(penalty)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

VPS

SJK

HJK

EIF

After playing this contest, Mariehamn has 4 points to occupy the 3rd place in the standings. On the other side, KuPS has 4 points (2nd).

Next matches

Mariehamn – Formation

Mariehamn

Matias Riikonen 32.Finland

Eero-Matti Auvinen 4.Finland

Pedro Machado 22.Portugal

Patrik Raitanen 29.Finland

75'

Noah Nurmi 2.Finland

Sebastian Dahlström 8.Finland

Robin Sid 17.Finland

85'

Emmanuel Patut 20.Finland

67'

Adam Larsson 7.Sweden

86'

47'

Muhamed Tehe Olawale 18.Ivory Coast

14'

43'

Hugo Cardoso 77.Cape Verde

56'

Substitutes

Marc Nordqvist 97.Finland

Michael Fonsell 14.Finland

Jiri Nissinen 28.Finland

85'

Oskari Sallinen 6.Finland

86'

90'

Matias Ojala 10.Finland

56'

75'

Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Okereke 30.

75'

Leo Andersson 43.Finland

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

The manager Bruno Romão decided to play with the following team: Matias Riikonen, Patrik Raitanen, Noah Nurmi, Pedro Machado, Eero-Matti Auvinen, Emmanuel Patut, Sebastian Dahlström, Robin Sid, Hugo Cardoso, Muhamed Tehe Olawale and Adam Larsson.

The home team had on the bench: Oskari Sallinen, Matias Ojala, Michael Fonsell, Jiri Nissinen, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Okereke, Leo Andersson and Marc Nordqvist.

Substitutions

Mariehamn made 4 changes: Hugo Cardoso for Matias Ojala (56′), Patrik Raitanen for Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Okereke (75′), Adam Larsson for Oskari Sallinen (86′) and Robin Sid for Jiri Nissinen (85′).

KuPS – Formation

KuPS

Aatu Hakala 12.Finland

Kristopher Da Graca 4.Cape Verde

46'

Saku Savolainen 6.Finland

84'

S. Miettinen 16.Finland

Clinton Antwi 25.Ghana

Petteri Pennanen 8.Finland

Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba 21.Finland

72'

Axel Vidjeskog 26.Finland

90'

M. Siltanen 28.Finland

Otto Ruoppi 34.Finland

85'

45'

Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya 23.Nigeria

46'

Substitutes

M. Pitkänen 37.Finland

Ibrahim Cissé 15.Ivory Coast

46'

T. Hämäläinen 33.Finland

84'

Samu Koistinen 19.Finland

Jonathan Muzinga 9.Finland

46'

Mohammed Muritala Omotosho 14.

85'

Arttu Heinonen 17.Finland

72'

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

Jani Honkavaara played with: Aatu Hakala, Saku Savolainen, S. Miettinen, Kristopher Da Graca, Clinton Antwi, Petteri Pennanen, M. Siltanen, Axel Vidjeskog, Otto Ruoppi, Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba and Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya.

These were the players on the bench: Jonathan Muzinga, Mohammed Muritala Omotosho, Ibrahim Cissé, Arttu Heinonen, Samu Koistinen, T. Hämäläinen and M. Pitkänen.

Substitutions

KuPS made 4 changes: Kristopher Da Graca for Ibrahim Cissé (46′), Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya for Jonathan Muzinga (46′), Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba for Arttu Heinonen (72′) and Saku Savolainen for T. Hämäläinen (84′).