National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's MP or KuPS that keep their silverware dream alive.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting KuPS have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 13-6-6 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they played only three days ago in the Ykkonen. Thankfully the previous game, versus TPS, was also a home game here at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto. The away team is better rested.
MP form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the group stage.MP must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Ykkonen games here at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto.
MP drew their last game, also a home match. TPS was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Before that, MP played out a Ykkonen draw 2-2 when visiting EIF.The MP fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. MP have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
KuPS form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for KuPS, as they won the Finland Cup.Playing away, KuPS have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season.
The KuPS goalkeeper Otso Virtanen is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 274 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
KuPS's last game was the home draw against HJK (0-0).
KuPS has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. KuPS are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ikaunieks 5 goals |   T. Keskinen 3 goals | A. Goljahanpoor 2 goals |
MP missing players
KuPS missing players
| MP | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 54 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 39 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | TPS | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Gnistan | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 |
| 3 | SJK Akatemia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | EIF | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | JaPS | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 6 | KTP | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | KPV | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 12 |
| 8 | MP | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Jaro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | PK-35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | PEPO | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | PIF | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | HJK | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Honka | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Oulu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Ilves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Haka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 8 | VPS | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | SJK | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Lahti | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
