National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's KTP or Oulu that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for KTP and Oulu.
KTP form and stats
KTP participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.KTP have collected 11 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 3-2-2.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Matias Niemela not having conceded a league goal in 206 minutes.
KTP travelled for their previous game, a trip to Mariehamn that ended 0-0.
Before that, KTP had a Veikkausliiga home game versus Lahti which ended with a victory 2-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Veikkausliiga game versus Ilves in only three days. This game is also played here at Arto Tolsa Areena.
KTP are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. KTP's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oulu form and stats
Oulu was sent out of Finland Cup in the 6th round last season.Oulu have an excellent away record in the Veikkausliiga so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.
Oulu are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Haka. Oulu delivered their win in the match against Haka already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Prior to that result Oulu won their away game at SJK in the Veikkausliiga. The scoreline was 4-1.The schedule is very tough for Oulu now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Veikkausliiga game at Mariehamn is waiting in only four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Oulu's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Oulu have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing KTP.Top Goalscorers
  A. Coffey 4 goals |   W. Pozo-Venta 2 goals | O. Suutari 2 goals |
KTP missing players
Oulu missing players
| KTP | Oulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 40% | ||
| 8.6 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | SJK | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | KTP | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Ilves | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Haka | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | VPS | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
