VPS Vaasa vs KuPS Kuopio Predictions

In Finland the Veikkausliiga table is starting to take shape nicely and with multiple time champions HJK Helsinki not exactly having the best of starts to the season, there are plenty of sides who will be fancying their chances at the title. One of those sides is KuPS Kuopio but they know that if they are to go on and mount a challenge at the top of the table then they have to take advantage when they come up against sides who are struggling, a category Monday’s hosts, VPS Vaasa, certainly fit.

VPS Vaasa have not exactly been at their free flowing best of late and they come into this contest having lost four matches in a row. With that sort of form, it perhaps should not come as a surprise to anybody to learn that they are joint bottom of the table with just six points coming from their opening 10 league matches of the season. A major reason for their issues is their inability to find the back of the net and the eight goals they have managed this season represents one of the worst returns in the Veikkausliiga.

Making the trip to the Hietalahti Stadium is a KuPS Kuopio side who will be delighted with their start to the campaign as they sit just three points from top spot. However, the fact that the visitors sit in sixth place in the league shows just how tight things are at the top of the league and they know that if they are to maintain the pressure then they are going to have to ensure a defence which has conceded just four times in their last five outings continue to perform.

The hosts have plenty of issues to rectify but probably the biggest issue they face is their troubles up top. However, they have been reasonably solid at the back and the fact that 70% of their matches have finished with less than 2.5 goals scored illustrates this perfectly. When you also factor in that each of the last four matches KuPS Kuopio have been involved in have also fallen below this mark in terms of goals scored, then backing there to be less than 2.5 goals scored in this contest looks to be the way to go.