National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's HaPK or Lahti that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Veikkausliiga.
HaPK form and stats
The home team returns to Hamina UK N after drawing with SavU on their last time out; the game ended 4-4. A goal frenzy last time out for HaPK, with a total of 8 goals in the match against SavU. Fun stuff to watch!
The manager Halonen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to MiPK in only four days.
Lahti form and stats
Lahti was sent out of Finland Cup in the group stage last season.Playing away, Lahti have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Veikkausliiga this season.
The manager Zeneli was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Lahden Kisapuisto. Lahti suffered a 0-2 loss to Oulu.
A 2-3 defeat away at HJK before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lahti manager Zeneli as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Haka.
The travelling fans enjoy Lahti's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 3 goals | G. Charles 1 goals |
HaPK missing players
Lahti missing players
| HaPK | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 29 | 45 | ||
| 54 | 22 | Conceded | C | 14 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9 | ||
| 4.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | HJK | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Honka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Oulu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Haka | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | SJK | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Lahti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | VPS | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
