Perhaps a welcome break from league football as HIFK & Lahti face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
HIFK's stadium, Tali halli tekonurmi, has a artifical turf surface. Lahti have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lahti when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 16 matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 22.
HIFK form and stats
Last season, HIFK's Finland Cup journey ended in the group stage.4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for HIFK so far this season.
HIFK are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. 16 goals have been conceded.
Lahti form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Veikkausliiga.
Lahti delivered their win in the match against KTP already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Lahti are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far. Lahti's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for HIFK, three draws and seven wins for Lahti. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.HIFK missing players
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| HIFK | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 37% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HIFK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | HJK | 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 | Lahti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | KuPS | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Honka | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | SJK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | HIFK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | Haka | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -16 | 22 |
| 11 | TPS | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | RoPS | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -36 | 5 |