Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lahti & JäPS face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Lahti and JäPS should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lahti form and stats
Lahti was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Finland Cup.When playing at home in the Veikkausliiga, Lahti have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games.
The supporters are hoping that Lahti will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the game against Inter Turku. As you see from the result above, Lahti suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Heartbreak before that as Lahti lost 2-3 at Ilves's place.The match schedule is unforgiving for Lahti as they have a new game in only four days, a Veikkausliiga match thankfully also at home. Inter Turku are visiting.
Lahti has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 5 games. Lahti have conceded 11 goals in these home games, a significant number.
JäPS form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ykkonen.
Home advantage was not enough for JäPS in their previous game as they lost hosting MP, 1-4.
Before that, JäPS travelled to PK-35 and returned home with a draw after the Ykkonen game finished 2-2.A quick return to home after this game, as JäPS are hosting TPS in the Ykkonen only three days away.
JäPS has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. The JäPS defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 3 goals |  H. Khayat 3 goals | A. Ristola 3 goals |
Lahti missing players
JäPS missing players
| Lahti | JäPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 18 | Scored | S | 31 | 48 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Conceded | C | 33 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 93% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 10.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 14.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | HJK | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Honka | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Oulu | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Ilves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Haka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 8 | VPS | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | SJK | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | HIFK | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 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 | TPS | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | KTP | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | EIF | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Gnistan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | SJK Akatemia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | JäPS | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 7 | MP | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | KPV | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 13 |
| 9 | Jaro | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | PEPO | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 11 | PK-35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | PIF | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
