National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Inter Turku or HJK that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football field uses the playing surface grass, unlike HJK's home stadium. The former 24 games by the away team on grass have given 14 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Inter Turku form and stats
Inter Turku was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Finland Cup.The overall Veikkausliiga statistics at home this season for Inter Turku are 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Inter Turku last time playing, versus Lahti. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1 with Haro, Forsell, Ruxi and Källman (2) scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Inter played a great game against Lahti and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A 1-1 draw away in the Veikkausliiga before that, with SJK the opponent.Inter Turku are traveling soon after this match as the Veikkausliiga match at Lahti awaits in three days.
Inter Turku can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. 9 goals have been conceded.
HJK form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the final.HJK's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed HJK collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Veikkausliiga. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
HJK are travelling again after losing away to Mariehamn in their previous match (1-2).
A loss against Oulu was the result prior to that, in a Veikkausliiga home game.A new game in only three days for HJK, the Veikkausliiga home match versus KuPS. Busy days.
HJK's manager Koskela has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Inter, one draw and six wins for HJK. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Källman 6 goals |   R. Riski 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |
Inter Turku missing players
HJK missing players
| Inter Turku | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | ||
| 49 | 31 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 5 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.3 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 7.9 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | HJK | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Honka | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Oulu | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Ilves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Haka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 8 | VPS | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | SJK | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | HIFK | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 6 |
