National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's ÅIFK or SalPa that keep their silverware dream alive.
SalPa play their home matches on grass, while this game will take part on artifical turf. Recent statistics for SalPa when featuring on artifical turf are 10 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 20 matches. They have created 31 goals and conceded 28 times on these occasions.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
ÅIFK form and stats
ÅIFK have reached this Finland Cup stage through battling and winning against MaPS, PaiHa and FC RP.ÅIFK are returning here after visiting FC RP in a Finland Cup fixture and winning with a 10-1 scoreline.
SalPa form and stats
SalPa have a lot to rectify after their unexpected loss (0-2) to EPS in their previous outing, played at home.
A loss against EPS was the result prior to that, in a Kakkonen home game.SalPa played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match SalPa scored 1 and conceded 2 goals.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for ÅIFK, one draw and eight wins for SalPa. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.ÅIFK missing players
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| ÅIFK | SalPa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4 | ||
