Inter Turku and KuPS draw 1-1 after Axel Vidjeskog missed a penalty

ÅBO. Inter Turku and KuPS draw 1-1. J. Botué scored the first goal (40') for Inter Turku. P. Lampinen made it even (79').

John Ross

April 20, 2024

ÅBO. Inter Turku and KuPS draw 1-1. J. Botué scored the first goal (40′) for Inter Turku. P. Lampinen made it even (79′).

Axel Vidjeskog missed a decisive penalty (45′). That would have allowed KuPS to win the match.

Axel Vidjeskog didn’t convert 1 penalty (45′) for KuPS.

The match was played at the Veritas Stadion stadium in Åbo on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Reitala with the support of Jukka Honkanen and Olli Jantunen. The 4th official was . The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 3.63 degrees Celsius or 38.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.

Match Statistics

Inter Turku

1 - 1

KuPS

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

4 Total 13
3 On Target 5
1 Off Target 4
3 Shots blocked 4

86 Attack 130
46 Dangerous attack 83
85 Ball safe 87

0 Penalties 1
3 Corners 4
3 Off Sides 3

Fouls

12 Total 11
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was just 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. Inter Turku 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 83 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough KuPS to win the contest.

Inter Turku shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target. Regarding the opposition, KuPS shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Inter Turku received 4 yellow cards (Albin Granlund, Florian Krebs, Juuso Hämäläinen and Mikael Almén). On the opposite side, KuPS received 3 yellow cards (Jaakko Oksanen, Axel Vidjeskog and Ibrahim Cissé).

Match Timeline

25'

Ibrahim Cissé- Yellow

Florian Krebs- Yellow

26'

30'

Axel Vidjeskog- Yellow

J. Botué(goal)Timo Stavitski

40'

Mikael Almén- Yellow

45'

Axel Vidjeskog- missed penaltyAxel Vidjeskog

D. Rökman- sub ->Matias Tamminen

46'

Juuso Hämäläinen- Yellow

55'

Kevin Jansen- sub ->Florian Krebs

59'

Darren Smith- sub ->Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba

66'

Arttu Heinonen- sub ->M. Siltanen

66'

Pyry Lampinen- sub ->J. Botué

66'

Jaakko Oksanen- sub ->Otto Ruoppi

79'

Pyry Lampinen(goal)Axel Vidjeskog

82'

Jonathan Muzinga- sub ->Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya

85'

Jaakko Oksanen- Yellow

J. Kekarainen- sub ->Timo Stavitski

86'

V. Purosalo- sub ->Iiro Järvinen

86'

Albin Granlund- Yellow

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

VPS

SJK

HJK

EIF

After playing this contest, Inter Turku has 2 points to occupy the 8th place in the standings. On the other side, KuPS has 5 points (3rd).

Next matches

Inter Turku – Formation

Inter Turku

Eero Vuorjoki 12.Finland

Juuso Hämäläinen 3.Finland

55'

Mikael Almén 4.Finland

45'

Albin Granlund 5.Finland

89'

Dimitri Legbo 6.Ivory Coast

Florian Krebs 10.Germany

59'

26'

Bismark Ampofo 17.Ghana

Iiro Järvinen 19.Finland

86'

J. Botué 11.Burkina Faso

66'

40'

Matias Tamminen 21.Finland

46'

Timo Stavitski 24.Finland

86'

Substitutes

Ville Seppä 36.Finland

Luka Kuittinen 22.Finland

V. Purosalo 30.Finland

86'

Kevin Jansen 8.Netherlands

59'

J. Kekarainen 25.Finland

86'

Darren Smith 9.South Africa

D. Rökman 23.Finland

46'

Inter Turku adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vesa Vasara decided to play with the following team: Eero Vuorjoki, Albin Granlund, Juuso Hämäläinen, Mikael Almén, Dimitri Legbo, Iiro Järvinen, Bismark Ampofo, Florian Krebs, Matias Tamminen, J. Botué and Timo Stavitski.

The home team had on the bench: Kevin Jansen, Darren Smith, Luka Kuittinen, D. Rökman, J. Kekarainen, V. Purosalo and Ville Seppä.

Substitutions

Inter Turku made 5 changes: Matias Tamminen for D. Rökman (46′), Florian Krebs for Kevin Jansen (59′), Timo Stavitski for J. Kekarainen (86′), Iiro Järvinen for V. Purosalo (86′) and J. Botué for Pyry Lampinen (66′).

KuPS – Formation

KuPS

Johannes Kreidl 1.Austria

Ibrahim Cissé 15.Ivory Coast

25'

S. Miettinen 16.Finland

Clinton Antwi 25.Ghana

T. Hämäläinen 33.Finland

Petteri Pennanen 8.Finland

Axel Vidjeskog 26.Finland

30'

M. Siltanen 28.Finland

66'

Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba 21.Finland

66'

Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya 23.Nigeria

82'

Otto Ruoppi 34.Finland

66'

Substitutes

Aatu Hakala 12.Finland

Seth Saarinen 18.Finland

Jaakko Oksanen 13.Finland

66'

85'

Samu Koistinen 19.Finland

Jonathan Muzinga 9.Finland

82'

Pyry Lampinen 11.Finland

79'

Arttu Heinonen 17.Finland

66'

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

Jani Honkavaara played with: Johannes Kreidl, T. Hämäläinen, Ibrahim Cissé, S. Miettinen, Clinton Antwi, Petteri Pennanen, Axel Vidjeskog, M. Siltanen, Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba, Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya and Otto Ruoppi.

They had on the bench: Jonathan Muzinga, Pyry Lampinen, Aatu Hakala, Jaakko Oksanen, Arttu Heinonen, Seth Saarinen and Samu Koistinen.

Substitutions

KuPS made 4 changes: Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya for Jonathan Muzinga (82′), Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba for Darren Smith (66′), M. Siltanen for Arttu Heinonen (66′) and Otto Ruoppi for Jaakko Oksanen (66′).