National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's KuPS or EIF that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts KuPS saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Veikkausliiga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at HIFK.
KuPS form and stats
The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for KuPS at their home stadium (Savon Sanomat Areena) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for KuPS, as their goalkeeper Otso Virtanen has completely shut out the opponents for 184 minutes in the Veikkausliiga.
It's back home for KuPS, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating HIFK away with the result 1-0. Antwi found the net in that victory.
Before that match, a Veikkausliiga win away at Oulu.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for KuPS, as the Veikkausliiga home game vs HJK is only three days away.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), KuPS's attacking play is working. KuPS have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
EIF form and stats
EIF's mission in Finland Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Still no away game victory in the Ykkonen for EIF with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The followers enjoyed EIF's previous match versus PK-35, a 2-1 win played at home.
A 0-1 defeat away at JaPS before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ykkonen trip to KTP.
1 goal so far away for EIF, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ikaunieks 5 goals |   V. Rashica 2 goals |  T. Väyrynen 1 goals |
KuPS missing players
EIF missing players
| KuPS | EIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 26 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 7.3 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | HJK | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Honka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Oulu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Haka | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | SJK | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Lahti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | VPS | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 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 | Gnistan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 |
| 2 | TPS | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | SJK Akatemia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | EIF | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | JaPS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | -10 | 8 |
| 6 | MP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Jaro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | KTP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | KPV | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | PIF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | PEPO | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | PK-35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 2 |
