Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kuopion Elo & Vaajakoski face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Kuopion Elo nor Vaajakoski as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kuopion Elo form and stats
Last season, Kuopion Elo's Finland Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.In their previous game, the manager Kukkonen led his Kuopion Elo to a defeat away at GBK. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting LehPa and winning 2-0.Kuopion have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Kuopion Elo scored {1 goals} and let in {6 goals} during these one game.
Vaajakoski form and stats
Vaajakoski's mission in Finland Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Vaajakoski play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting OTP.
It was a Kakkonen defeat before that one as the away game against RoPS wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vaajakoski playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 6 Vaajakoski wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
It's a day of discovery for Vaajakoski as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Vaajakoski have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Vaajakoski has scored {0 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Kuopion Elo missing players
Vaajakoski missing players
| Kuopion Elo | Vaajakoski | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 86 | 40 | Scored | S | 19 | 29 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.1 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 45% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 6.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
