National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's MP or JJK 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 MP and JJK.
MP form and stats
MP was eliminated in the 6th round last season in the Finland Cup.Perfect Ykkonen season at home so far for MP 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The MP club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Jaro and win 1-0.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting JäPS.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does MP handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for MP as they are travelling to their away game against Gnistan in the Ykkonen. That match is four days after this one.
MP has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
JJK form and stats
JJK was sent out of Finland Cup in the 4th round last season.Still no away game victory in the Ykkonen for JJK with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
JJK aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 213 league minutes without a goal. Saastamoinen was the last player to find the net.
JJK's last game was the home draw against HIFK (0-0).
It was a Ykkonen defeat before that one as the away game against SalPa wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.We have checked recent matches where JJK have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as JJK are hosting KäPa in the Ykkonen only three days away.
As for defending, JJK rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings involving these sides: MP won one, JJK triumphed in three and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Vehkonen 2 goals | R. Lehtonen 1 goals | J. Luyeye-Lutumba 1 goals |
MP missing players
JJK missing players
| MP | JJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | MP | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Gnistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | SalPa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | SJK Akatemia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | HIFK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | EIF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | JäPS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | JJK | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | TPS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | KäPa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | KPV | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 12 | Jaro | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
