KuPS draws 0-0 with Ilves on Saturday

KuPS and Ilves played out a goalless draw.

September 4, 2022

KuPS and Ilves didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. KuPS was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (68%).

The referee was Ville Nevalainen with the collaboration of Jouni Lemettinen and Turkka Valjakka. The 4th official was Dag Ayhan.

Match Statistics

KuPS

0 - 0

Ilves

! 68 Ball Possession 32

Shots

8 Total 2
4 On Target 1
4 Off Target 1
0 Shots blocked 0

101 Attack 71
62 Dangerous attack 27
205 Ball safe 214

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

14 Total 14
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

2 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

KuPS had a superior ball possession 68% while Ilves was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

KuPS was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough KuPS to win the match.

KuPS shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ilves shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

KuPS received 2 yellow cards (D. Carrillo and D. Tomas). Regarding the opposition, Ilves received 3 yellow cards (K. Katz, N. Yakubu and P. Pennanen).

Match Timeline

26'

40'

56'

59'

Doni Arifi- sub ->T. Siira

60'

62'

Filip Valenčič- sub ->T. Vayrynen

62'

74'

89'

Petteri Pennanen- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

HJK

SJK

VPS

After playing this match, KuPS will have 44 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Ilves will have 24 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

KuPS – Formation

KuPS

Otso Virtanen 1.Finland

Henri Toivomäki 22.Finland

Saku Savolainen 6.Finland

Daniel Carrillo 23.Venezuela

56'

Diogo Tomas 3.Finland

89'

Jaakko Oksanen 13.Finland

Joona Veteli 7.Finland

J. Ikaunieks 10.Latvia

Anton Popovitch 14.Finland

Axel Vidjeskog 26.Finland

62'

Tim Väyrynen 9.Finland

62'

Substitutes

Miika Töyräs 37.Finland

Henry Uzochukwu 15.Nigeria

T. Hämäläinen 33.Finland

Sebastian Dahlström 8.Finland

Iiro Järvinen 17.Finland

Gabriel Bispo 19.Brazil

62'

Filip Valenčič 30.Slovenia

62'

KuPS started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Simo Valakari decided to play with the following team: Otso Virtanen, Saku Savolainen, Diogo Tomas, Henri Toivomäki, Jaakko Oksanen, Axel Vidjeskog, Anton Popovitch, Daniel Carrillo, Joona Veteli, Tim Väyrynen and Jānis Ikaunieks.

The home team had on the bench: S. Dahlström, H. Uzochukwu, I. Järvinen, Gabriel Bispo, T. Hämäläinen, M. Töyräs and Filip Valenčič.

Substitutions

KuPS made 2 changes: A. Vidjeskog for Gabriel Bispo (62′) and T. Vayrynen for F. Valencic (62′).

Ilves – Formation

Ilves

Eetu Huuhtanen 12.Finland

60'

Tatu Miettunen 16.Finland

Aapo Mäenpää 22.Finland

K. Katz 5.Finland

26'

N. Yakubu 55.Niger

40'

Petteri Pennanen 8.Finland

90'

Tuure Siira 13.Finland

59'

Yusif Moussa 30.Niger

D. Parfitt-Williams 9.Bermuda

74'

K. Meriluoto 42.Finland

74'

Adam Larsson 10.Sweden

Substitutes

Rasmus Leislahti 1.Finland

60'

Tuomas Ollila 2.Finland

74'

Mikael Almén 15.Finland

Doni Arifi 6.Finland

59'

Emmanuel Patut 7.Finland

Oiva Jukkola 29.Finland

Ariel Ngueukam 11.Cameroon

74'

Ilves started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Toni Kallio played with: Eetu Huuhtanen, Aapo Mäenpää, Kalle Katz, Tatu Miettunen, Najeeb Yakubu, Petteri Pennanen, Tuure Siira, Yusif Moussa, Djair Parfitt-Williams, Kai Meriluoto and Adam Larsson.

These were the players on the bench: Rasmus Leislahti, Tuomas Ollila, Doni Arifi, E. Patut, Ariel Ngueukam, M. Almen and O. Jukkola.

Substitutions

Ilves made 4 changes: T. Siira for D. Arifi (59′), E. Huuhtanen for R. Leislahti (60′), K. Meriluoto for A. Ngueukam (74′) and W. D. Parfitt- for T. Ollila (74′).