KuPS host Trabzonspor in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Both sides have had a mixed run of results lately, though the Finnish hosts look to have found a touch more stability than their Turkish visitors.
Trabzonspor's route into this competition came after a rough couple of legs against Ferencvarosi in Europe, while KuPS have already had a taste of Conference League football themselves this season. That contrast in recent continental experience is worth keeping in mind as we look closer.
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Two very different form lines
KuPS have won nine of their last twenty matches across competitions and lost only six, with thirty scored and twenty-two conceded. That's a reasonably healthy return, even if it spans league, cup and European fixtures.
KuPS: 20 completed matches; Trabzonspor: 20 completed matches.
KuPS
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 25% 5 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 30
- Conceded
- 22
- Difference
- +8
Trabzonspor
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 24
- Conceded
- 26
- Difference
- -2
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veikkausliiga | VPS | KuPS | 19.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Veikkausliiga | KuPS | HJK Helsinki | 13.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Veikkausliiga | Gnistan | KuPS | 08.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Veikkausliiga | Inter Turku | KuPS | 31.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | KuPS | Shamrock Rovers | 27.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Veikkausliiga | KuPS | Mariehamn | 23.08.2026 | 2-4 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Shamrock Rovers | KuPS | 20.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Veikkausliiga | Lahti | KuPS | 16.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| UEFA Europa League | Universitatea Craiova | KuPS | 13.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Veikkausliiga | KuPS | Turku PS | 09.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Süper Lig | Trabzonspor | Galatasaray | 19.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Süper Lig | Konyaspor | Trabzonspor | 12.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Süper Lig | Trabzonspor | Gençlerbirliği S.K. | 06.09.2026 | 5-0 |
| Süper Lig | Amed | Trabzonspor | 31.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Europa League | Ferencvarosi TC | Trabzonspor | 27.08.2026 | 4-0 |
| Süper Lig | Trabzonspor | Başakşehir | 23.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Europa League | Trabzonspor | Ferencvarosi TC | 20.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Süper Lig | Kasımpaşa | Trabzonspor | 15.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Göztepe | Trabzonspor | 08.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Trabzonspor | Udinese | 02.08.2026 | 1-0 |
Trabzonspor's equivalent sample reads differently. Seven wins and nine losses from twenty matches, with twenty-four scored and twenty-six against, points to a side that's been beaten more often than it's won lately. Their results have also swung wildly, from a 5-0 league win over Gençlerbirliği to a heavy 4-0 home defeat in the same run.
KuPS's numbers suggest steadier form, but neither side has been consistent enough to call this a mismatch.
Comparative Team Statistics: KuPS vs Trabzonspor


Arriving from different European paths
Trabzonspor's form data shows they lost home and away to Ferencvarosi in the Europa League play-off round, 0-1 at home and 4-0 away, before ending up in this competition. That's a tough way to start a new European campaign.
KuPS, by contrast, have already been through their own Conference League play-off this season, beating Shamrock Rovers 1-0 at home and drawing 1-1 away. They go into this one with more recent experience of this exact competition.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Adams | Ghana | 31 | Defender | 188 cm | 90 kg |
| J. Kreidl | Austria | 30 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 86 |
| G. Engvall | Sweden | 30 | Attacker | 185 cm | 85 kg |
| J. Eskesen | Denmark | 27 | Midfielder | 175 | 68 |
| C. Antwi | Ghana | 26 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| P. Parzyszek | Poland | 33 | Attacker | 191 | 80 |
| Jorginho | Portugal | 28 | Defender | 176 | 71 |
| J. Moreno | Nicaragua | 31 | Attacker | 183 | 82 |
| H. Riihimäki | Finland | 23 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| T. Jyry | Finland | 27 | Midfielder | 170 | n/a |
| P. Pennanen | Finland | 36 | Midfielder | 181 | 73 |
| A. Heinonen | Finland | 27 | Midfielder | 180 | n/a |
| S. Savolainen | Finland | 30 | Defender | 183 | n/a |
| S. Heiskanen | Finland | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Touray | Gambia | 26 | Midfielder | 175 | 74 |
| T. Hämäläinen | Finland | 25 | Defender | 184 | 79 |
| A. Lötjönen | Finland | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Luyeye-Lutumba | Congo DR | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| B. Magassa | France | 29 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| V. Gasc | Argentina | 25 | Midfielder | 172 | 67 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Savić | Montenegro | 35 | Defender | 187 | 81 |
| Fabinho | Brazil | 32 | Midfielder | 188 | 78 |
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 34 | Attacker | 175 | 71 |
| A. Onana | Cameroon | 30 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 93 |
| R. Malinovskyi | Ukraine | 33 | Midfielder | 181 | 79 |
| E. Muçi | Albania | 25 | Midfielder | 180 | 75 |
| P. Onuachu | Nigeria | 32 | Attacker | 201 | 98 |
| O. Tufan | Türkiye | 31 | Midfielder | 179 | 70 |
| U. Nayir | Türkiye | 33 | Attacker | 191 | 75 |
| M. Eskihellaç | Türkiye | 29 | Defender | 175 | 72 |
| S. Akaydin | Türkiye | 32 | Defender | 190 | 83 |
| C. Özkacar | Türkiye | 25 | Defender | 190 | 87 |
| M. Mimaroğlu | Türkiye | 32 | Midfielder | 180 | 77 |
| M. Kabasakal | Türkiye | 30 | Midfielder | 178 | 70 |
| A. Şimşir | Türkiye | 24 | Midfielder | 178 | 71 |
| B. Bouchouari | Morocco | 24 | Midfielder | 165 | 65 |
| S. Lopes Cabral | Netherlands | 24 | Defender | 170 | n/a |
| Wagner Pina | Portugal | 23 | Defender | 180 | 73 |
| Franculino Djú | Guinea-Bissau | 22 | Attacker | 182 | 78 |
| C. Nwaiwu | Nigeria | 23 | Defender | 193 | n/a |
With Trabzonspor still finding their feet after a bruising European exit and KuPS showing only modest home form of their own, there's no strong pattern here to lean on with confidence.
Without a clear market angle to test against the evidence, this looks like one to watch rather than back.
