KPV-j 3:2 KuPS Akatemia: Ykkönen Match Result

Match report

KPV-ju edge Kups Akademia in Ykkönen thriller

KPV-ju took a deserved win over Kups Akademia on Thursday, seeing off their visitors 3-2 in the Ykkönen group stage.

R. Tahkola opened the scoring in the twelfth minute before A. Arope equalised four minutes later. V. Akerblom put the hosts ahead on 49 minutes and the visitors levelled through an own goal two minutes after the break. K. Prince Ume then struck in the eighty-ninth minute to complete the turnaround.

Three substitutions came together in the fifty-seventh minute for KPV-ju as they looked to protect the lead. The visitors responded with a change on the hour and four days later the hosts made a triple switch on 82 minutes.

There were five yellow cards in the contest. V. Valipakka and V. Lahtela were booked before half-time, while N. Santalo, O. Balde and M. Aberg went to the referee after the break. A final booking came in stoppage time.

Both sides sat on 15 points from 23 games before kick-off. The hosts had won four times and lost 16, while the visitors had managed three victories and six draws. The result leaves KPV-ju in twelfth place and Kups Akademia in eleventh.

Our prediction had tipped the visitors to win at 48 per cent confidence. The match went another way — KPV-ju tightened things up after Akerblom's goal and held firm when the visitors pressed.

Prepared from match data

⚽ 12' R. Tahkola — Goal ⚽ 16' A. Arope — Goal 🟨 30' V. Valipakka — Yellow card 🟨 45' V. Lahtela — Yellow card ⚽ 49' V. Akerblom — Goal 🟨 54' N. Santalo — Yellow card ⇄ 57' A. Tahkola — Substitution ⇄ 57' V. Mutlu — Substitution ⇄ 57' E. Karkkainen — Substitution ⚽ 67' Own goal ⇄ 70' N. Santalo — Substitution 🟨 75' O. Balde — Yellow card ⇄ 82' R. Tahkola — Substitution ⇄ 82' V. Lahtela — Substitution ⇄ 82' V. Valipakka — Substitution ⚽ 89' K. Prince Ume — Goal ⇄ 89' A. Arope — Substitution 🟨 90' M. Aberg — Yellow card 🟨 90+6' Yellow card

Match events

12' KuPS Akatemia Goal R. Tahkola
16' KPV-j Goal A. Arope
30' KPV-j Yellow card V. Valipakka
45' KuPS Akatemia Yellow card V. Lahtela
49' KPV-j Goal V. Akerblom
54' KPV-j Yellow card N. Santalo
57' KuPS Akatemia Substitution A. Tahkola off: E. Kirjavainen
57' KuPS Akatemia Substitution V. Mutlu off: P. Hautakangas
57' KuPS Akatemia Substitution E. Karkkainen off: K. Prince Ume
67' KPV-j Own goal
70' KPV-j Substitution N. Santalo off: M. Aberg
75' KuPS Akatemia Yellow card O. Balde
82' KuPS Akatemia Substitution R. Tahkola off: N. Mattila
82' KuPS Akatemia Substitution V. Lahtela off: A. Baseme
82' KPV-j Substitution V. Valipakka off: L. Kykyri
89' KuPS Akatemia Goal K. Prince Ume
89' KPV-j Substitution A. Arope off: J. Pensaari
90' KPV-j Yellow card M. Aberg
90+6' KPV-j Yellow card

Match prediction: KPV-j — KuPS Akatemia

Win: KuPS Akatemia

Confidence 48%

Reasoning

КПВ-ю — 12. place, 15 points after 23 games (4 wins, 3 draws, 16 losses)
Купс Академия — 11. place, 15 points after 23 games (3 wins, 6 draws, 14 losses)
КПВ-ю, last 5 games: 1 wins, 4 losses
Купс Академия, last 5 games: 1 wins, 1 draws, 3 losses
Head-to-head: 7 games, КПВ-ю — 3, Купс Академия — 4

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