Perhaps a welcome break from league football as ÅIFK & EIF face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for ÅIFK and EIF.
ÅIFK form and stats
ÅIFK have not come this way in the Finland Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating KuuLa II and LTU. Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.ÅIFK drew their last game, also a home match. Peimari United was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
In the game before, an away victory in the Kolmonen - Länsi match versus VG-62 with a 3-0 scoreline.There will be little rest for ÅIFK after this match as they are travelling to Inter Turku II for a Kolmonen - Länsi game in only three days.
EIF form and stats
EIF was sent out of Finland Cup in the 5th round last season.Playing away, EIF have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ykkonen this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for EIF, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus JaPS.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs TPS.A new game in only four days for EIF, the Ykkonen home match versus Jaro. Busy days.
EIF have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
ÅIFK have avoided a loss in the last 7 fixtures (5-2-0) facing EIF.Top Goalscorers
  S. Efimov 1 goals | S. Ojala 1 goals |
ÅIFK missing players
EIF missing players
| ÅIFK | EIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 49% | ||
| 6.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gnistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | SJK Akatemia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | KaPa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | SalPa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | JaPS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | EIF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | KPV | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | TPS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Jaro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | JJK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | HIFK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
