KuPS - SJK

KuPS

Veikkausliiga Championship Round 2025 - Round 2

Tuesday 23 September 2025 16:00

3 - 2

Finished

Referee: Matti Roth

SJK

Result

Ball possession

47%

53%

Timeline

Mohamed Toure

1-0

17'

Mohamed Toure

2-0

29'

46'

Rasmus Ilmari Karjalainen (out)
Olatoundji Tessilimi (in)

46'

Ayo Obileye (out)
Kelvin Pires (in)

Doni Arifi

57'

Samuel Johansen Chukwudi

58'

Alenis Vargas (out)
Elias Mastokangas (in)

69'

Jeremiah Streng (out)
Armaan Wilson (in)

Jerry Voutilainen (out)
Piotr Parzyszek (in)

70'

Taneli Hämäläinen (out)
Bob Nii Armah (in)

70'

75'

Valentín Román Gasc

78'

Valentín Román Gasc (out)
Kevin Appiah Nyarko (in)

Samuel Pasanen (out)
Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba (in)

81'

Mohamed Toure (out)
Arttu Lötjönen (in)

81'

87'

2-1

Olatoundji Tessilimi

Ibrahim Cissé

89'

90'

2-2

Markus Arsalo

Piotr Parzyszek

3-2

90'

Paulius Golubickas (out)
(in)

90+2'

90+4'

Babacar Fati

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 KuPS	1.95	2.05	2.00	1.95	2.00	1.91	1.98	2.05	2.03	2.00	1.85	1.95
X Draw	3.70	3.90	3.94	3.80	3.85	3.60	3.94	4.02	3.54	3.85	4.00	3.75
2 SJK	3.25	2.97	3.36	3.10	3.20	3.25	3.38	3.36	3.00	3.20	3.40	3.25

Previous confrontations (H2H)

15 KuPS

12 Draw

11 SJK

37% Over 2.5 goals

50% Both teams scored

2.2 Goals per match

10 | 12 Clean sheets

Biggest win: SJK 5-0 KuPS (2015)

Goals scored all matches

1.16

1.00

Goals in home matches

1.27

1.22

Goals in away matches

1.09

0.67

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-08-31 Sunday 15:00

Draw 🤔

SJK 2

KuPS 3

2025-05-02 Friday 18:00

Won 😀

KuPS 2

SJK 2

2025-02-15 Saturday 12:30

Won 😎

SJK 2

KuPS 3 P

2024-10-05 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

SJK 3

KuPS 3

2024-08-04 Sunday 16:30

Won 😀

KuPS P

SJK 2

2024-05-04 Saturday 17:00

Draw 🤔

SJK 4

KuPS

2024-02-17 Saturday 12:45

Won 😎

SJK 4 P

KuPS 2

2023-10-01 Sunday 16:00

Draw 🤔

KuPS 3

SJK

2023-08-20 Sunday 14:00

Walkover 🔥

KuPS 4

SJK

2023-05-26 Friday 16:00

Won 😀

SJK 3

KuPS 2

2023-03-30 Thursday 17:00

Draw 🤔

SJK

KuPS

2023-01-28 Saturday 12:45

Won 😎

SJK

KuPS 3

2022-09-28 Wednesday 16:00

Won 😎

SJK

KuPS

2022-08-20 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

SJK 3

KuPS

2022-04-15 Friday 16:00

Won 😎

KuPS 4

SJK

2022-02-09 Wednesday 16:00

Won 😎

KuPS 5

SJK

2021-10-27 Wednesday 16:30

Draw 🤔

SJK 3

KuPS P

2021-09-11 Saturday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

KuPS 2

SJK 5

2021-06-10 Thursday 16:30

Won 😎

SJK 3

KuPS 3

2020-08-05 Wednesday 16:30

Draw 🤔

SJK 2 P

KuPS 2

2020-07-26 Sunday 16:30

Won 😀

KuPS

SJK 5

2019-08-31 Saturday 14:00

Won 😎

SJK 3

KuPS

2019-06-02 Sunday 16:30

Won 😎

KuPS

SJK 2

2018-09-01 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

SJK P

KuPS

2018-06-30 Saturday 13:00

Draw 🤔

KuPS P

SJK

2018-05-03 Thursday 16:30

Won 😎

SJK 5

KuPS

2017-09-08 Friday 16:30

Won 😀

KuPS

SJK

2017-07-31 Monday 17:30

Won 😀

SJK

KuPS

2017-05-24 Wednesday 16:30

Draw 🤔

KuPS

SJK

2016-09-28 Wednesday 16:30

Won 😀

SJK

KuPS

2016-08-06 Saturday 14:00

Won 😀

SJK

KuPS

2016-05-21 Saturday 14:00

Draw 🤔

KuPS

SJK

2015-09-10 Thursday 16:30

Draw 🤔

KuPS

SJK

2015-08-26 Wednesday 16:30

Won 😀

SJK

KuPS

2015-05-11 Monday 16:30

Walkover 🔥

SJK

KuPS

2014-08-31 Sunday 16:30

Draw 🤔

KuPS

SJK

2014-07-12 Saturday 14:00

Draw 🤔

SJK

KuPS

2014-04-23 Wednesday 16:30

Won 😎

SJK P

KuPS

Stats

KuPS

SJK

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

475

Total passes

476

384

Passes success

411

81%

Passes %

86%

2.87

Expected goals (xG)

1.50

Stadion

Stadion name

Savon Sanomat Areena

Capacity

7114

Address

Kaartokatu 6
Kuopio

table 2025

Championship rounds

Team	Pts
KuPS	67
Inter Turku	61
Ilves Tampere	60
SJK	59
HJK helsinki	49
IF Gnistan	33

Veikkausliiga 2025, Relegation Round

Team	Pts
FF Jaro	34
IFK Mariehamn	32
vaasa PS	31
AC oulu	27
Kooteepee	21
haka	17

Veikkausliiga 2025

Team	Pts
Inter Turku	46
Ilves Tampere	45
HJK helsinki	44
KuPS	44
SJK	41
IF Gnistan	28
vaasa PS	25
FF Jaro	25
IFK Mariehamn	21
AC oulu	18
haka	16
Kooteepee	14

Complete table

Line-ups

KuPS — Formation: 4-1-4-1

Coach: Jarkko Juhani Wiss

Johannes Kreidl

Samuel Pasanen

Ibrahim Cissé

Samuli Miettinen

Taneli Hämäläinen

Doni Arifi

Otto Ruoppi

Jerry Voutilainen

Jaakko Oksanen

Paulius Golubickas

Mohamed Toure

Jeremiah Streng

Rasmus Ilmari Karjalainen

Kasper Vili Valtteri Paananen

Alenis Vargas

Markus Arsalo

Valentín Román Gasc

Babacar Fati

Samuel Johansen Chukwudi

Ayo Obileye

Salim Giabo Yussif

Roope Paunio

SJK — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo SJK

Coach: Stevie Grieve

KuPS — Formation: 4-1-4-1

Coach: Jarkko Juhani Wiss

SJK — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo SJK

Coach: Stevie Grieve

Johannes Kreidl

Samuel Pasanen

Ibrahim Cissé

Samuli Miettinen

Taneli Hämäläinen

Doni Arifi

Otto Ruoppi

Jerry Voutilainen

Jaakko Oksanen

Paulius Golubickas

Mohamed Toure

Jeremiah Streng

Rasmus Ilmari Karjalainen

Kasper Vili Valtteri Paananen

Alenis Vargas

Markus Arsalo

Valentín Román Gasc

Babacar Fati

Samuel Johansen Chukwudi

Ayo Obileye

Salim Giabo Yussif

Roope Paunio

Substitutes

Substitutes KuPS

Name	Age	Position
Aatu Hakala	26	Goalkeeper
Arttu Lötjönen	22	Defender
Rasmus Tikkanen	1	Defender
Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba	23	Midfielder
Piotr Parzyszek	32	Attacker
Agon Sadiku	23	Attacker
Eemil Tanninen	19	Attacker
Bob Nii Armah	22	Attacker

Substitutes SJK

Name	Age	Position
Hemmo Riihimäki	23	Goalkeeper
Kelvin Pires	26	Defender
Oskari Väistö	20	Defender
Elias Mastokangas	25	Midfielder
Armaan Wilson	24	Midfielder
Aniis Machaal	19	Midfielder
Lauri Laine	21	Attacker
Kevin Appiah Nyarko	24	Attacker
Olatoundji Tessilimi	21	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
20	Mohamed Toure	8.9	81	Attacker	2	0	5	5	24	2	18	0	0	-	19	9	2	2	0	1	0	2	-	0	-
18	Markus Arsalo	8.3	90	Midfielder	1	1	2	1	54	2	48	0	0	1	13	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	0	-
1	Roope Paunio	7.7	90	Goalkeeper	0	0	-	0	36	-	33	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0
17	Olatoundji Tessilimi (sub)	7.5	49	Midfielder	1	0	2	2	9	1	7	0	0	-	13	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
14	Samuel Pasanen	7.3	81	Defender	0	0	-	0	49	-	43	0	0	2	13	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	-	0	-
19	Elias Mastokangas (sub)	7.3	37	Midfielder	0	0	-	0	23	1	20	0	0	-	8	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	-	0	-
1	Johannes Kreidl	7.2	90	Goalkeeper	0	0	-	0	58	-	48	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0
10	Doni Arifi	7.2	90	Midfielder	0	0	2	1	57	1	52	0	0	1	20	10	3	3	0	0	1	0	-	0	-
9	Piotr Parzyszek (sub)	7.2	25	Midfielder	1	0	1	1	6	-	4	0	0	-	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	0	-
3	Babacar Fati	7.2	90	Defender	0	0	-	0	45	2	39	0	0	1	18	9	10	9	3	2	1	0	-	0	-
7	Jerry Voutilainen	7.0	69	Midfielder	0	0	-	0	45	1	41	0	0	1	8	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	-	0	-
16	Samuli Miettinen	6.9	90	Defender	0	0	-	0	42	-	34	1	0	2	20	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	0	-
13	Jaakko Oksanen	6.9	90	Midfielder	0	0	1	0	38	1	32	0	0	-	13	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	0	-
21	Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba (sub)	6.9	14	Midfielder	0	1	-	0	2	1	1	1	0	-	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	0	-
8	Valentín Román Gasc	6.9	77	Midfielder	0	0	-	0	49	1	46	0	0	4	11	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	0	-
10	Kasper Vili Valtteri Paananen	6.9	90	Midfielder	0	0	1	0	35	1	25	0	0	1	27	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	-	0	-
33	Taneli Hämäläinen	6.7	69	Defender	0	0	-	0	27	-	19	0	0	-	14	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	-	0	-
24	Bob Nii Armah (sub)	6.5	25	Defender	0	0	-	0	4	-	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
6	Salim Giabo Yussif	6.5	90	Defender	0	0	1	1	38	-	30	0	0	2	14	7	7	4	0	1	0	0	-	0	-
67	Ayo Obileye	6.5	45	Defender	0	0	-	0	24	-	21	0	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
9	Jeremiah Streng	6.5	69	Attacker	0	0	1	1	13	-	10	0	0	1	17	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	-	0	-
23	Armaan Wilson (sub)	6.5	26	Midfielder	0	0	-	0	11	-	9	0	0	-	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	0	-
14	Kevin Appiah Nyarko (sub)	6.5	17	Attacker	0	0	-	0	1	-	1	0	0	-	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
15	Ibrahim Cissé	6.3	90	Defender	0	0	-	0	39	-	32	2	2	2	20	9	0	0	2	2	1	0	-	0	-
28	Samuel Johansen Chukwudi	6.3	90	Defender	0	0	-	0	69	-	63	0	0	5	18	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	-	0	-
70	Alenis Vargas	6.3	57	Midfielder	0	0	-	0	17	-	12	0	0	1	12	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
34	Otto Ruoppi	6.2	90	Midfielder	0	0	1	1	43	1	32	0	0	-	21	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	-	0	-
35	Paulius Golubickas	6.2	90	Midfielder	0	1	-	0	35	2	21	1	0	1	20	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	-	0	-
7	Rasmus Ilmari Karjalainen	6.2	45	Midfielder	0	0	1	1	16	-	14	0	0	-	9	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	-	0	-
4	Kelvin Pires (sub)	6.2	49	Defender	0	0	-	0	34	-	32	0	0	-	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	0	-
23	Arttu Lötjönen (sub)	5.7	14	Defender	0	0	-	0	3	-	0	0	1	-	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	-