Veikkausliiga · FIN · Round 2
KuPS
1 - 0
Full time
IF Gnistan
Väre Areena · Kuopio
Lineups
KuPS4-3-3JK
1Kreidl
1KreidlCA
25Antwi
25AntwiKA
4Adams
TH
33Hämäläinen
33HämäläinenBN
24↓78'Armah
24↓78'ArmahPP
8Pennanen
8PennanenOR
34Ruoppi
VG
10Gasc
10GascCK
19↓35'Kabuye
JM
11⚽Moreno
11⚽MorenoGE
9↓58'Engvall
RA
22Almeida
AO
67Obileye
67ObileyeJO
40↓88'Ojala
RG
24Gnanou
24GnanouEA
12Arko-Mensah
SE
14↓89'Eremenko
14↓89'EremenkoGE
15Europaeus
MH
20↓89'Bjurstrøm
OH
27↓78'Hannula
27↓78'HannulaDP
11↓67'Pérez
RE
26Eremenko
26Eremenko IF Gnistan3-4-3KuPS substitutes
13 Niilo Kujasalo ↓79'↑35'
6 Saku Savolainen ↑58'
21 Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba ↑78'
3 Saku Heiskanen ↑79'
12 Hemmo Riihimäki
23 Arttu Lötjönen
28 Brahima Magassa
26 Aaro Toivonen
20 Souleymane Soumahoro
Coach: Miika Nuutinen
IF Gnistan substitutes
17 Adeleke Akinyemi ↑67'
7 Artur Atarah ↑78'
4 Marcelo Costa ↑88'
31 Adam Jouhi ↑89'
10 Joakim Latonen ↑89'
32 Niklas Lindstroem
19 Vertti Hänninen
Coach: Jussi Leppälahti
Match events
35'↑ Niilo Kujasalo ↓ Calvin Kabuye⇄
Second half
58'↑ Saku Savolainen ↓ Gustav Engvall⇄
67'↑ Adeleke Akinyemi ↓ Danny Pérez⇄
78'↑ Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba ↓ Bob Nii Armah⇄
78'↑ Artur Atarah ↓ Otto Hannula⇄
79'↑ Saku Heiskanen ↓ Niilo Kujasalo⇄
81'Jaime Moreno assist: Saku Savolainen 1 - 0⚽
88'↑ Marcelo Costa ↓ Juhani Ojala⇄
89'↑ Adam Jouhi ↓ Max Herman Bjurstrøm⇄
89'↑ Joakim Latonen ↓ Sergey Eremenko⇄
Where to watch
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Match details
| Competition | Veikkausliiga |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 11 April 2026, 11:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.
Head to head
6KuPS wins2Draws0IF Gnistan wins8 past meetings on record. Biggest KuPS win: KuPS 5–0 IF Gnistan (2021). Biggest IF Gnistan win: IF Gnistan 0–4 KuPS (2025).
30 Oct 2025KuPS 1 - 1 IF GnistanVeikkausliiga Championship Group
27 Sep 2025IF Gnistan 0 - 4 KuPSVeikkausliiga Championship Group
1 Jul 2025KuPS 6 - 2 IF GnistanVeikkausliiga
27 Apr 2025IF Gnistan 1 - 2 KuPSVeikkausliiga
7 Jul 2024KuPS 3 - 1 IF GnistanVeikkausliiga
19 May 2024IF Gnistan 0 - 0 KuPSVeikkausliiga
20 Mar 2021KuPS 5 - 0 IF GnistanCup
16 Apr 2011IF Gnistan 2 - 6 KuPSCup
