Finnish Veikkausliiga – VPS v KuPS

Finnish Veikkausliiga returned from international break yesterday with one game and today games continue with a match between VPS Vaasa and KuPS Kuopio. Home team VPS is second to last in the league table (11th) with 10 games played. In their 10 games played VPS has scored 8 goals and given away 12. They have 6 points in total, tied with last placed team KPV Kokkola. KuPS is 6th in the league with 16 points. They have played 11 games and they have scored 15 goals while giving away the same ammount. KuPS in only four points behind league leader Inter Turku, who have one game more played. League is super tight and only two team are starting to drop down, and they are KPV and today’s home team VPS.

VPS has not won a single game this season so far. They have 6 draws and 4 losses in 10 games played. They have scored 0,8 goals per game on average in those 10 league games and 0,6 in their past 5 games. VPS has given away 1,2 goals per game on average in 10 games and 1,6 in their past 5. VPS has lost 4 in a row and they have 1 draw in their past 5 games.

KuPS has won four games this season. They also have 4 draws and three losses. All of their losses have been against top teams of the league: 5th placed SJK (0-1), 1st place Inter (1-0) and 4th place Honka (0-3). KuPS has lost two, won one and drawn one in their last 5. In their 11 games played KuPS has scored little over 1,3 goals per game on average and given away the same. In their past 5 they have scored 1 goal per game on average while giving away 0,8.

KuPS in operating with bigger budget than VPS and they also have better material. KuPS midfielder Rasmus Karjalainen was with Finland in the EURO2020 qualifiers but didn’t play in those two games. Karjalainen, Petteri Pennanen and Rangel have 3 goals each for KuPS. Mamodou Sarr and Steven Morrissey lead VPS with 2 goals each. 

VPS has been slightly better at home than away, as they have three draws and two losses when playing at home this season. KuPS is 5th best away team this season. They have 2 wins, two draws and one loss while playing away. VPS is struggling really hard this season. Their defending hasn’t been bad but they have hard time scoring. KuPS hasn’t shown their best either but are still winning games. KuPS travelled to Vaasa on Sunday so they are well rested and ready for the game. I think VPS will continue to struggle and KuPS takes a comfortable win here.

PICK:
KuPS Kuopio

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