Match Report
KuPS (1st, 43 pts) visited Lahti (7th, 32 pts) with 11 points between them. KuPS's recent output lagged their position: 7th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Lahti were scoring 1.18 and conceding 0.86, KuPS 1.73 and 1.05, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 3 Lahti wins, 7 for KuPS, 1 draw, at 2.27 goals per meeting.
P. Simani officiated: 80 games logged, averaging 1.3 yellow cards each. The venue was Lahden Stadion, with room for 14,500 spectators. KuPS led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-2.
Goal scorers
Lahti: Otso Koskinen (2') · KuPS: Tommi Jyry (11'), Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba (17')
Key stats
Possession: Lahti 49% · KuPS 51% · Total shots: 12-12 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 3-4