Ace Football previews the Conference League game between KuPS and Trabzonspor who meet up on Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
KuPS start the season as favourites to land the Conference League crown. They launch their title bid on Thursday at home in an opening day fixture with Trabzonspor at Savon Sanomat Areena.
Form: KuPS vs Trabzonspor
KuPS Form
In their last three matches, KuPS won 0-2 against VPS, before losing 0-1 against AC Oulu and 1-0 to FC Inter Turku. KuPS only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Savon Sanomat Areena in the Conference League. They also drew two and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded four goals.
Trabzonspor Form
Trabzonspor won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 1-0 against Konyaspor, before beating Galatasaray 4-0. Another win followed, this time by 0-3 against Samsunspor. Trabzonspor didn’t manage a single away win in their last six Conference League matches, but managed zero draws, while suffering one defeats. They conceded two and scored zero goals themselves.
Betting stats for KuPS and Trabzonspor
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between KuPS and Trabzonspor. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 14 of the last 16 KuPS matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 KuPS matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 KuPS home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 KuPS matches in the Conference League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 KuPS home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Trabzonspor away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Trabzonspor have lost 5 of the last 6 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 8 of the last 10 Trabzonspor away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Trabzonspor matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: KuPS vs Trabzonspor
It is the beginning of a new Conference League campaign, and both KuPS and Trabzonspor will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Popular betting markets: KuPS vs Trabzonspor
Full-time result
KuPS claimed three wins, drew three and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Trabzonspor won three, drew one and lost six of their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, KuPS only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Trabzonspor scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. There appears to be a good chance of seeing KuPS on the scoreboard this coming Thursday with Trabzonspor managing just a single three clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The hosts fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
KuPS saw over 2.5 goals in two of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Trabzonspor, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves.
