National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's MP or Jaro that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither MP nor Jaro 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.
MP form and stats
MP was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Finland Cup.Only two Ykkonen home games for MP so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
A nice win for MP last time playing, versus Jaro. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Keskinen, Liukkonen and Goljahanpoor scoring for the victors.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus SJK Akatemia that ended 1-1.The manager Pasoja will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PK-35 in only four days.
At Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, MP has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Jaro form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Ykkonen matches, Jaro have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Two away games in a row for Jaro, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus MP.
Before that, Jaro secured a home win against PK-35 with the score 4-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting TPS in just four days.
5 goals have been conceded by Jaro in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (MP wins - draws - Jaro wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Keskinen 3 goals | A. Goljahanpoor 2 goals |  J. Myrevik 2 goals |
MP missing players
Jaro missing players
| MP | Jaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 58 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 44 | ||
| 38 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 44% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | 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 | JäPS | 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 |
