KuPS - Honka ------> Honka - 0,5 @ 1.94

KuPS (12.) – Honka (3.)
KuPS:3-3-0-3-3-0
Honka :1-3-3-0-3-3

H2H:2-4-14
Last game in Veikkausliiga: 24.06.09 Honka – KuPS 4-1

The trip to Turku to meet TPS was a bit too much for KuPS, and their good run ended at least temporarily by a 3-0 loss. Honka travelled to Jaro for a goalfest and came home with an astonishing 3-5 away win with a hat trick for in-form striker Jami Puustinen. KuPS are now 3 points in front of RoPS who are at the play-off for relegation spot, and on the last round KuPS travel to Rovaniemi which means that staying up is in their own hands. Honka have lost almost all hope for the title as they are already five points behind HJK with three games to go, but they are fighting to be the runners-up along with TPS, and these two will also meet in the last round match at Turku.

KuPS lost last time at Turku by two quick goals, but they did have a line-up which suggested that they were saving some key players and had not budgeted a point from that match. Important striker Pele Koljonen 18/5 also returns to the line-up afer a two-game ban, and KuPS are ready to put up a show against Honka, who have played the most efficient and beautiful football lately in the league.

Since the last meeting in June KuPS has strengthened significantly on the pitch and the coach has been succesful in implementing his ideas, so KuPS should not be thrashed as badly this time but instead they should be able for good fight.

KuPS have no injury worries and also Honka has a full squad available, for both teams this is third match within 6 days.


KuPS: 1 Ville Iiskola 20/0 – 8 Tero Taipale 23/0 – 20 Miikka Ilo 22/3 - 9 Balazs Balogh 17/1 - 23 Jussi-Pekka Savolainen 18/0 – 6 Tuomas Kuparinen 17/1 – 28 Raphael Udah 7/0 – 10 Ilja Venäläinen 21/6 - 15 Ollo 18/2 - 7 Miikka Turunen 21/2 - 26 Dickson Nwakaeme 8/3- THE KEY MAN

Bench: 24 Atte Hoivala 11/0, 22 Jyrki Juvonen 1/0, 13 Betim Aliju 9/0, 27 Segun Ikudehinbu 7/0, 12 Joonas Pöntinen (gk) 4/0, 3 Janne Reinikainen 18/0, 18 Ville Strandman 5/0, 19 Juho Karppinen 3/2, 11 Pele Koljonen 18/5, 4 Patrik Turunen 15/0, 2 Joni Nissinen 1/0

Out: 5 Jani Hartikainen 10/0 for the rest of the season

Coach: Esa Pekonen


Honka: 1 Tuomas Peltonen 18/0 – 2 Sampo Koskinen 16/0 - 19 Rami Hakanpää 21/2- 3 Roope Heilala 17/1 - 11 Hannu Haarala 14/0 - 28 Rasmus Schuller 16/2 - 20 Nicolas Otaru 20/2 - 21 Joel Perovuo 22/3 - 17 Demba Savage 21/4 - 6 Hermanni Vuorinen 23/15 - 10 Jami Puustinen 22/8

Bench: 12 Janne Henriksson (gk) 6/0, 15 Aleksandr Kokko 17/1, 14 Jussi Vasara 23/7, 7 John Weckström 10/1, 5 Henri Aalto 13/0, 13 Ville Koskimaa 12/1, 26 Jaakko Lepola 15/4

Out:
Coach: Mika Lehkosuo

Betting: KuPS have done well, but the player material both in quantity and quality is 3 classes above, and the price found for Honka win represents value, my limit for Honka win was only 1.67 and i was expecting a bigger handicap. Honka - 0.5 @ 1.94 The local bookie, with bigger margins of course, offer 1.65 for Honka win.