Perhaps a welcome break from league football as EPS & HIFK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
HIFK could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ykkonen game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at JJK. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
EPS form and stats
Last season, EPS's Finland Cup journey ended in the 5th round.The fans are hoping that EPS will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Jazz.
Before that, EPS had a Kakkonen home game versus GrIFK which ended with a victory 1-0.EPS are traveling soon after this match as the Kakkonen match at HJS Akatemia awaits in four days.
HIFK form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Things could have gone better for HIFK in their Ykkonen away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.
HIFK are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at JJK.
Before that, HIFK secured a home win against KPV with the score 1-0.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, HIFK has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Kiiski 2 goals |  M. Ahadi 2 goals | J. Ahopelto 1 goals |
EPS missing players
HIFK missing players
| EPS | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Conceded | C | 26 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 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 | JäPS | 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 | KäPa | 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 |
