National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's JIPPO or Lahti that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
JIPPO form and stats
JIPPO participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.Happy days for JIPPO in their previous game, a fixture away at NJS that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Ahead of that match, JIPPO lost 0-1 at home to KäPa.Lahti form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Lahti are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Veikkausliiga, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Lahti are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at SJK.
Prior to that result Lahti won their away game at Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga. The scoreline was 3-2.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Inter Turku in just three days.
It's not easy to score on Lahti as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these sides: JIPPO won zero, Lahti were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 3 goals | I. Sadik 3 goals | J. Pirttijoki 1 goals |
JIPPO missing players
Lahti missing players
| JIPPO | Lahti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 52% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 45% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 6.9 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Oulu | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | SJK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Honka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ilves | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | KTP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | KuPS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Inter Turku | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Haka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | VPS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
