National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's GrIFK or Gnistan that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither GrIFK nor Gnistan as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
GrIFK form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.GrIFK's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Ilves II. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that, an away loss at EPS in the Kakkonen.Gnistan form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Gnistan are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Ykkonen.
Two away matches in a row for Gnistan, whose coach Rantanen could celebrate last time after the win against TPS.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting EIF in the Ykkonen.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting MP in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Gnistan has managed {4 goals} and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): GrIFK six wins, one draw and Gnistan three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Markkanen 4 goals |   D. Langhoff 2 goals |  J. Latonen 2 goals |
GrIFK missing players
Gnistan missing players
| GrIFK | Gnistan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 |
