KUOPIO. KuPS and Honka draw 1-1. A. Vidjeskog scored the first goal (19′) for KuPS. A. Sadiku equalized (58′).
The match was played at the Savon Sanomat Areena stadium in Kuopio on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Petri Viljanen who was helped by Arttu Kuukasjärvi and Antti Kemppinen. The 4th official was Dag Ayhan.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. KuPS was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Honka that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
KuPS was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough KuPS to win the match.
KuPS shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Honka shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
KuPS received 4 yellow cards (A. Popovitch, Gabriel Bispo, P. Ricardo and D. Tomas). Regarding the opposition, Honka received 3 yellow cards (F. Krebs, E. Arko-Mensah and D. Bagaric).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, KuPS will play away with SJK on the 20th of August with a 9-7 head to head stats in favor of KuPS (8 draws).
Honka will play away agasint Ilves on the 13th of August with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Honka (4 draws).
KuPS – Formation
KuPS
78'
55'
19'
KuPS started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Simo Valakari decided to play with the following team: Otso Virtanen, Daniel Carrillo, Paulo Ricardo, Diogo Tomas, Henri Toivomäki, Anton Popovitch, Jānis Ikaunieks, Jaakko Oksanen, Axel Vidjeskog, Tim Väyrynen and Filip Valenčič.
The home team had on the bench: Musah Nuhu, Sebastian Dahlström, Henry Uzochokwu, Iiro Järvinen, Gabriel Bispo, Johannes Kreidl and Santeri Haarala.
Substitutions
KuPS made 2 changes: A. Vidjeskog for Gabriel Bispo (55′) and T. Vayrynen for S. Haarala (85′).
Honka – Formation
Honka
Honka started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Vesa Vasara played with: Maksim Rudakov, Henri Aalto, Ville Koski, Aldayr Hernández, Matias Rale, Rui Modesto, Jerry Voutilainen, Florian Krebs, Kevin Jansen, Edmund Arko-Mensah and Agon Sadiku.
They had on the bench: Lucas Kaufmann, Roope Paunio, Konsta Rasimus, Dražen Bagarić, Elias Äijälä, Otso Koskinen and Saku Heiskanen.
Substitutions
Honka made 3 changes: A. Sadiku for D. Bagaric (72′), E. Arko-Mensah for L. Kaufmann (72′) and F. Krebs for O. Koskinen (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
