Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Inter Turku & HJK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
9 - 4 - 8 with 28-28. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for HJK when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. HJK play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Inter Turku form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Inter Turku have performed here this season with 7 wins from 9 Veikkausliiga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. 5W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Finland Cup for Inter Turku.
The Inter goalkeeper Henrik Moisander is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 250 minutes without conceding a goal in the Veikkausliiga.
Inter's last game was hosting Lahti and winning 3-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Veikkausliiga home game that ended 0-0 versus Honka.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Inter's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Inter have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 homematches.
HJK form and stats
HJK's mission in Finland Cup last season failed in the group stage.HJK's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed HJK collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the Veikkausliiga. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Finland Cup stats, they have 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
HJK are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Veikkausliiga against RoPS. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting TPS in the Veikkausliiga.
As you can tell from the results above, HJK was very dominant against RoPS, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with K. Meriluoto, Roope Riski (2) and R. Schüller providing the goals.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, HJK are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: HJK - Inter 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Inter five wins, one draw and HJK four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 12 goals |   T. Furuholm 9 goals |  T. Väyrynen 7 goals |
Inter Turku missing players
HJK missing players
| Inter Turku | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 53 | 40 | Scored | S | 27 | 56 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 307 | 175 | Total Shots | T S | 179 | 318 | ||
| 141 | 93 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 150 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | KuPS | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 37 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Honka | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Ilves | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | HIFK | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | SJK | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Lahti | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Haka | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -17 | 15 |
| 11 | TPS | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 21 | -27 | 5 |