Ilves vs KuPS - cup 7.3.2017

Final and decising cup group phase match. Ilves need to win the match to win the group and to get perhaps the easier path to 1/4 finals, for KuPS draw would be enough.

Markets been open since yesterday and they have remained on the same level. The odds were correctly set in the light of current information but let us see if the lineups change things in a couple of hours.

lneups:

Are the KuPS Nigerian players really big stars?

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Kuopion Palloseuran nigerialaistähdet Paul Onobi ja Gbolahan Salami ovat saavuttaneet arvokkaita tunnustuksia (Nigerian Pitch Awards 2016). Hyökkääjä Salami (yläkuvassa) saavutti Nigerian liigan maalikuninkuuden 2015 ja hänelle myönnettiin Rasheed Yekini Award-palkinto. Salami valittiin myös Nigerian liigan arvokkaimmaksi pelaajaksi (Most Valuable Player in the NPFL). Salamia koskevat kansainväliset pelilupa-asiat ovat järjestyksessä ja hän saa pelata tällä Veikkausliigakaudella KuPS:n riveissä.

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The citation from KuPS website and a quick google search confirms it to be true. Onobi was chosen Nigerian midfielder of the year, Salami won the biggest prizes of the Nigerian league.

The first matches of Salami have not yet fully convinced, but for sure the play is different here than in Nigeria so perhaps they settle. Rather sooner than later as KuPS rely heavily on them to success.

FIN cup Friday - two matches

 

A few words:

KTP looks like mid-table Ykkönen club and they not going to get promoted with this squad anytime soon, PK-35 miss a few important players Raimi, Lucas Garcia  and Kuqi, but to be honest 0 KTP players would start at PK-35. You can follow it live here.

MP and KuPS both have had a weak preseason and missed players from trainings all the time, but the 3 goal difference stands between Kakkonen and Veikkausliiga. Controlling and scoring is not KuPS comfort zone though.

As you can see from the picture above the best limits for matches like these are usually at Singbet and Pinnacle, if they happen to offer. Sportmarket does. Singbet also offer live odds if 188bet do, which they usually do.

Lineups:

MP

1 Kuismala Antti (K) 
2 Ekmark Sami 
4 Graciano Ozeais 
6 Hiltunen Mikko 
8 Kesonen Antti-Pekka 
9 Jung Milo 
10 Liukkonen Juuso 
13 Haikonen Jiri 
18 Roivas Mika 
22 Voutilainen Antti 
23 Mäenpää Joona 

7 Nyström Vili 
14 Mutka Mikko 
16 Doot Myan 
27 Numminen Olli 
28 Kyttä Matias 
30 Hiltunen Tuomo 

KuPS

1 Johannes Kreidl 
6 Savolainen Saku 
8 Pennanen Petteri 
9 Ääritalo Mika 
17 Alaharjula Patrik 
19 Diallo Babacar 
23 Poutiainen Patrick 
25 Nissilä Urho 
28 Lautamaja Joona 
32 Rannankari Tuomas 
45 Azubuike Egwuekwe 

2 Ojantie Joonas 
4 Taipale Tero 
12 Töyräs Miika 
21 Mahanen Jani 
26 Nissinen Joonas 
31 Räisänen Antti-Ville 
42 Räsänen Sharp 



KTP

1   Pyhäranta Jere
2   Pasi Topi
3   Salonen Juuso
5   Dolivo Sebastian
6   Mc Faul Shane Charles Alan (K)
8   Oksanen Ville
9   Ikävalko Niko
10   Aalto Jussi
13   Ositashvili Giorgi
18   Tarvonen Aleksi
20   Minkenen Valeri

Vaihtopelaajat
7   Lindfors Matias
11   Veija Janne
15   Usta Kaarel
17   Honkaniemi Teemu
19   Kannah Isaac
31   Kilpeläinen Sauli


PK-35

1   Kollar Daniel
3   Manev Kosta
6   Portela Carlos
7   Vilaboa Yerai
8   Miguez Adan Mateo
10   Xhaferi Ymer
11   Äijälä Ilari
15   Kaufmann Lucas Paz
16   Rasimus Konsta (K)
19   Ristola Aleksi
38   Counago Pablo

Vaihtopelaajat
7   Lindfors Matias
11   Veija Janne
15   Usta Kaarel
17   Honkaniemi Teemu
19   Kannah Isaac
31   Kilpeläinen Sauli

5   Heinonen Riku
9   Ömer Masar
13   Volotinen Samu
14   Diasonama Bob
55   Heimonen Marcus
80   Said Ahmed Ahmed

KuPS signed top international player from Nigeria - Azubuike Egwuekwe

31.12.2015 17:00

NEWS: Kuopion Palloseura sign Azubuike Egwuekwe Nigerian national team player joins Finnish club KuPS  Finnish football club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) and Nigerian national team playerAzubuike Egwuekwe have signed a 1+1-year contract. The 26-year old defender has played for Nigeria in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, in the African Cup of Nations 2014 and in the World Cup Qualifiers 2014. He also participated the World Cup Final Tournament in Brazil 2014. Azubuike Egwuekwe Age: 26 Heigth: 195 cm Weight: 91 kg Nationality: Nigerian Position: central defender Former club: Nigerian club Warri Wolves (as captain) National team matches: 35 games for Nigeria (debut 2012) ***********************' http://dailypost.ng/2016/01/02/egwuekwe-signs-for-kuopion-palloseura/?wt=2 Azubuike Egwuekwe has put pen to paper for Finnish club, Kuopion Palloseura, on a one-year deal. The Super Eagles defender, becomes manager Marko Rajamaki’s second signing, following the arrival of American forward, Freddy Adu. “Finnish football club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) and Nigerian national team player Azubuike Ekwuekwe have signed a 1+1-year contract,” the club announced on their website. “The 26-year old defender has played for Nigeria in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, in the African Cup of Nations 2014 and in the World Cup Qualifiers 2014. He also participated at the World Cup Final Tournament in Brazil 2014.” Egwuekwe will compete with Sharp Räsänen, Hamed Coulibaly, Mikko Pitkänen and Tuomas Rannankari, for a place at the Savon Sanomat AreenaKuopio giants.

Or did they? Now the big Nigerian is crying like a baby that there is no contract and he has been not been anywhere to see anybody. Congrats KuPS for signing a committed player with a big KuPS heart!  

1. Naija Made ‏@NaijaMadeSS  11h11 hours ago

   Egwuekwe:"I don't know where the story in coming from. I did not travel to anywhere. I am in Warri. There is no truth in that story"
2. Naija Made ‏@NaijaMadeSS  11h11 hours ago

   Warri Wolves defender, Azubuike Egwuekwe has denied that he has signed for a club in Finland as was reported last week. 1/2

JJK vs KuPS June 12th, Veikkausliiga continues

this is what we had today; FT JJK 1 - KuPS 5.

Veikkausliiga continues after a short summer break with JJK vs KuPS - a derbyish game tonight Lineups are out; but the deciding factor today is more the mental state of the visitors who have started much more worse than expected. Match is televised and hopefully widely streamed for you, Stan James for example are showing it to UK-based customers.  Class-wise close, JJK been their inconsistent and high-scoring themselves but at home the performances have varied from horrible (1-4 vs Haka!) to mediocre. JJK have been far from shining, the general defensive problems have gone nowhere but because of great upfront players Gruborovics, Manninen, Wusu and Innanen they win games. Latest signing Van Gelderen has proved to be a useful lad, but one of the key attackers Jani Virtanen has completely lost form. KuPS have failed, with the player material they have they should be able to fight for 3rd spot this year but they have had their share of injuries, suspension, lost games and the negative spin that comes along when things go wrong. During the break KuPS have hopefully cleared the air within the team, the manager Pekonen has been told from the board to be less negative and shut the mouth up and start working, but rumouredly the squad have not been happy with him and he has not been happy with the squad, and Pekonen is facing a sacking unless things change. However I see this as a good opportunity to back KuPS, the hc is too high and KuPS have most likely taken good use of the break which all clubs needed badly and I have already gone for KuPS +0.5 and will possibly take more latest in live-betting. Team news: KuPS without striker Zahovaiko, df Holopainen and mf James but especially James is not needed and the situation at KuPS is rather good in that sense; Puri and Purje both in match fitness. Etchu Tabe makes a welcomed return to backlines. JJK miss mf Korte from the ideal starting lineup. JJK win % somewhere around 47-50%, good value in KuPS and I prefer the +0.5 over +0.75 because in case this goes again badly for KuPS the sky is the limit and they can lose a lot worse than by a single goal. Market moves possible and even likely, only the direction is unknown.

Round 3 KuPS - TPS FT 1-1 Apr 22nd