Perhaps a welcome break from league football as EIF II & SalPa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ykkonen game only four days ago. That game, against KaPa, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for SalPa.
EIF II form and stats
EIF II's previous fixture was a Finland Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-2 vs PP-70. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Before that one, a strong away victory at BK-46. A Finland Cup match.
SalPa form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the 6th round.Things could have gone better for SalPa in their Ykkonen away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two away games in a row for SalPa, whose manager Suonperä could celebrate last time after the win against KaPa. Huhtala certainly enjoyed SalPa's last game versus KaPa, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-2 victory.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus JJK in the Ykkonen.A quick return to home after this game, as SalPa are hosting EIF in the Ykkonen only four days away.
It's early days yet, but SalPa has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Huhtala 5 goals | M. John 2 goals | R. Pyyskänen 2 goals |
EIF II missing players
SalPa missing players
| EIF II | SalPa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Scored | S | 12 | 43 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 43% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 40% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | MP | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Gnistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | SalPa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | SJK Akatemia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | HIFK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | EIF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | JaPS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | JJK | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | TPS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | KaPa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | KPV | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 12 | Jaro | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
