KuPS 0-2 Sabah: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 28 July 2026

Result

KuPS 0-2 Sabah

Champions League · Tuesday 28 July 2026, 15:00 UTC · Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio · half-time 0-0

KuPS · Sabah · Champions League predictions

KuPS 0-2 Sabah: match report

KuPS lost to Sabah 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 28 July 2026 at Savon Sanomat Areena. The half-time score was 0-0.

Veljko Simic opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. KuPS did not score. Sabah scored through Veljko Simic (52') and Joy-Lance Mickels (70').

Discipline: KuPS received 3 yellow cards; Sabah received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game KuPS were 23rd on 3 points from 3 and Sabah 1st on 9 points from 3.

KuPS lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sabah in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joy-Lance Mickels of Sabah (6.9), ahead of Veljko Simic (6.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 KuPS wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sabah.

Going into the match KuPS's last five read L-L-W and Sabah's W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Veljko SimicSabah · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Umarali RakhmonalievSabah
  • 62'Yellow card · Petteri PennanenKuPS
  • 70'Goal · Joy-Lance MickelsSabah · 0-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Saikou TourayKuPS
  • 89'Yellow card · Brahima MagassaKuPS

Form and table

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Head-to-head

1 meetings: KuPS 0, draws 0, Sabah 1.

Team news

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KuPS line-up (4-2-3-1)

Johannes Kreidl, Akseli Puukko, Kasim Adams, Brahima Magassa, Clinton Antwi, Valentín Gasc, Saikou Touray, Tommi Jyry, Petteri Pennanen, Bob Nii Armah, Jaime Moreno

Sabah line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stas Pokatilov, Akim Zedadka, Steve Solvet, Rahman Dashdamirov, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Ivan Lepinjica, Umarali Rakhmonaliev, Kaheem Parris, Aleksey Isayev, Veljko Simic, Joy-Lance Mickels

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