Perhaps a welcome break from league football as KTP & Gnistan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
KTP's stadium, Arto Tolsa Areena, has a grass surface. Gnistan have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Gnistan when playing on grass; 8 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from 16 matches. They have scored {22 goals} in these games and conceded 24.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ykkonen game only four days ago. That game, against KPV, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Gnistan.
KTP form and stats
KTP participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.KTP have played 5 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for KTP, who won 1-0 against Honka.
Preceding that match was a Veikkausliiga defeat to SJK (0-2).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as VPS are coming to town in three days.
KTP have conceded 8 from these games.
Gnistan form and stats
Gnistan's mission in Finland Cup last season failed in the 4th round.As the visiting team in Ykkonen matches, Gnistan have produced an overall stat of 4-0-0 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Gnistan, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus KPV last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Rantanen when Sarr scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against MP in the Ykkonen.After this away game Gnistan return home for a Ykkonen game against JäPS. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Gnistan are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these participants: KTP won four, Gnistan triumphed in three and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Markkanen 6 goals |   W. Pozo-Venta 2 goals |  J. Latonen 2 goals |
KTP missing players
Gnistan missing players
| KTP | Gnistan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 20 | Scored | S | 26 | 43 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| 8.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SJK | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | HJK | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | KuPS | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Oulu | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | Honka | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Haka | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | KTP | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Inter Turku | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Lahti | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | VPS | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gnistan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | EIF | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | MP | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | HIFK | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | SJK Akatemia | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | SalPa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | JäPS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | TPS | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | KäPa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Jaro | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 11 | JJK | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 12 | KPV | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
