National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's JäPS or Oulu that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Ykkonen game only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at PEPO.
JäPS form and stats
The story so far in the Ykkonen for JäPS at their home stadium (Järvenpään keskuskenttä) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
JäPS enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at PEPO's place. The match ended 4-2 with Kuosa, Ulmanen (2) and Ahola scoring. An impressive turnaround for JäPS in the match against PEPO as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 4-2 win. Kuosa scored the final goal.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Ykkonen home game that ended 1-1 versus SJK Akatemia.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for JäPS as they are travelling to their away game against PK-35 in the Ykkonen. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for JäPS here at Järvenpään keskuskenttä in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). As for guarding their own goal, JäPS have only let in 2 goals at home.
Oulu form and stats
Oulu was sent out of Finland Cup in the group stage last season.Playing away, Oulu have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Oulu goalkeeper Juhani Pennanen is eager to challenge this, with his 197 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Oulu won their last game, 1-0 versus SJK played at home.
The schedule is very tough for Oulu now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Veikkausliiga game at HJK is waiting in only four days.
Oulu has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. In the opposite end, Oulu have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ristola 3 goals | A. Ceesay 2 goals | A. Ulmanen 2 goals |
JäPS missing players
Oulu missing players
| JäPS | Oulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 39 | 8 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | ||
| 12.3 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | TPS | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Gnistan | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 |
| 3 | SJK Akatemia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | EIF | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | JäPS | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 6 | KTP | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | KPV | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 12 |
| 8 | MP | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Jaro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | PK-35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | PEPO | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | PIF | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | HJK | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Honka | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Oulu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Ilves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Haka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 8 | VPS | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | SJK | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Lahti | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
