National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's HooGee or SalPa that keep their silverware dream alive.
SalPa 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 TPS. 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.
HooGee form and stats
HooGee participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.HooGee's previous match was a Finland Cup game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 vs Ponnistajat. The home team hope to to continue in that form.
Before that game, a home win against PPS / Old Stars in the Finland Cup.
SalPa form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the 6th round.Things could have gone better for SalPa in their Ykkonen away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
SalPa are travelling again after losing away to TPS in their previous match (1-2).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus EIF.A new game in only four days for SalPa, the Ykkonen home match versus MP. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy SalPa's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() J. Huhtala 5 goals | ![]() M. John 3 goals |
HooGee missing players
SalPa missing players
| HooGee | SalPa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 43 | ||
| 69 | 35 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 75% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 71% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 54% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 58% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 2.7 | 1.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 116% | 108% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 43% | ||
| 7.9 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gnistan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | EIF | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | MP | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | HIFK | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | SJK Akatemia | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | SalPa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | JäPS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | TPS | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | KäPa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Jaro | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 11 | JJK | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 12 | KPV | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 2 |