Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gnistan & MP face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting MP have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 5-1-3 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
Gnistan form and stats
Gnistan was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Finland Cup.In general it's been a long time since Gnistan tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games.
Gnistan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at EIF's place. The match ended 4-0 with R. Huhtala (2), O. Tiihonen and M. Ambasciano scoring. Prior to that, an away loss at FC Espoo in the Kakkonen.
As mentioned above, Gnistan "killed" EIF in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Gnistan friendly games in pre-season: Gnistan played one friendly, won 0, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Gnistan scored 1 goal and conceded 1 in these one game.
MP form and stats
MP are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing from I. Sadik (3) and N. Forsell (2) secured the home win 5-1 against MYPA in their previous game. The game before that, in the Kakkonen, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against JIPPO.
As mentioned above, MP was the only team on the pitch versus MYPA in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention I. Sadik's lethal finishing against MYPA. 3 goals was a big reason for the important victory.
MP played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches MP scored 6 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gnistan 5 wins, 2 draws and MP 3 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Mustonen 12 goals |  P. Sihvola 12 goals |  Z. Kibona 10 goals |
Gnistan missing players
MP missing players
| Gnistan | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 10 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 66 | 35 | Scored | S | 30 | 50 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 52% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 6.9 | 8.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 292 | 166 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 267 | ||
| 139 | 85 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 128 | ||
| 47% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | EIF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gnistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | KTP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MuSa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MYPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |