Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Inter Turku II & PIF face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they featured in a Kolmonen - Länsi game only four days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, PIF have had more rest.
Inter Turku II form and stats
Inter participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.Inter Turku II's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus MaPS. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A 1-1 draw away in the Kolmonen - Länsi before that, with Åland the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Inter Turku II perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Inter Turku II as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Inter Turku II has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The manager Kivikoski will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to KaaPo in only three days.
PIF form and stats
PIF was sent out of Finland Cup in the 3rd round last season.Two away games in a row for PIF, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Atlantis.
A 1-3 loss hosting I-Kissat before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by PIF in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for PIF, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
A new game in only three days for PIF, the Kakkonen home match versus Tampere United. Busy days.
PIF played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. In these three matches PIF scored 1 and conceded {12 goals}.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Inter zero wins, one draw and PIF one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Nevä 2 goals | V. Pirhonen 1 goals | J. Akpa Akpro 1 goals |
Inter Turku II missing players
PIF missing players
| Inter Turku II | PIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 12 | 19 | ||
| 75 | 30 | Scored | S | 17 | 27 | ||
| 44 | 11 | Conceded | C | 44 | 65 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 60% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 7.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
