In this 5th week match, on Sunday Oct 16th, KuPS will travel to Helsinki to battle HJK in a meeting of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 1st placed HJK, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Haka. David Browne scored the first goal for HJK in the 13th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Haka was frustrated by HJK’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. HJK ended the match with the shutout victory. HJK is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while kuPS sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Inter Turku. Diogo Tomas struck first for KuPS in the 43rd minute, then Jānis Ikaunieks added another in the 59th minute In the end, Inter Turku couldn’t muster any offence and KuPS ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches KuPS should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, HJK and KuPS battled to a 1-1 draw. Gabriel Bispo struck first for KuPS in the 6th minute on a feed from Jānis Ikaunieks, then Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic tied it up for HJK in the 63rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for HJK.
KuPS’s most prolific scorer has been Jānis Ikaunieks. The midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Both Anthony Olusanya and Përparim Hetemaj have been the hottest scorers for HJK in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.