KUOPIO. KuPS defeated Honka.
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 Oliver Reitala with the support of Jan Peter Aravirta and Olli Jantunen. The 4th official was Ville Nevalainen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 49.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. KuPS was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Honka that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
KuPS was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why KuPS won the match.
KuPS shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Honka shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
KuPS received 4 yellow cards (S. Dahlstrom, Gabriel Bispo, J. Oksanen and J. Kreidl). On the opposite side, Honka received 3 yellow cards (E. Arko-Mensah, A. Sadiku and O. Koskinen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, KuPS will have 47 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Honka will stay with 41 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, KuPS will play away against HJK on the 16th of October with a 22-8 head to head in favor of HJK (15 draws).
Honka will host Haka on the 16th of October with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of Haka (7 draws).
KuPS – Formation
KuPS
90'
83'
18', 44'
KuPS started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Simo Valakari decided to play with the following team: Johannes Kreidl, Saku Savolainen, Diogo Tomas, Paulo Ricardo, Daniel Carrillo, Sebastian Dahlström, Anton Popovitch, Jaakko Oksanen, Joona Veteli, Jānis Ikaunieks and Gabriel Bispo.
The home team had on the bench: Otso Virtanen, Musah Nuhu, Tim Väyrynen, Clinton Antwi, Santeri Haarala, Taneli Hämäläinen and Filip Valenčič.
Substitutions
KuPS made 2 changes: J. Veteli for C. Antwi (83′) and Gabriel Bispo for T. Vayrynen (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.
These were the players on the bench: Florian Baak, Roope Paunio, Niilo Saarikivi, Duarte Tammilehto, Dražen Bagarić, Elias Äijälä and Otso Koskinen.
Substitutions
Honka made 5 changes: J. Voutilainen for O. Koskinen (46′), E. Arko-Mensah for N. Saarikivi (60′), M. Rale for E. Aijala (77′), A. Sadiku for D. Bagaric (77′) and K. Jansen for F. Baak (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
- Oulu – Lahti – 2-1
- VPS – HIFK – 4-0
- Ilves – Mariehamn – 2-3
- HJK – Inter Turku – 3-0
- Haka – SJK – 2-0
- KuPS – Honka – 3-2
