National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's OLS or OTP that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither OLS nor OTP 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.
OLS form and stats
OLS participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The OLS fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host GBK and win 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, OLS played a great game against GBK and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at JBK that finished 3-3.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for OLS, as the Kakkonen home game vs VIFK is only four days away.
OTP form and stats
OTP had fun at their own home (Heinäpään tekonurmi) last time out, beating Kuopion Elo 3-1.
Prior to that match, the OTP manager Jibrin faced defeat when travelling to JS Hercules and losing 1-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Kakkonen trip to JBK.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former four meetings): OLS won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and OTP got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Saarikoski 3 goals | D. Bulgakov 2 goals |  E. Raittinen 2 goals |
OLS missing players
OTP missing players
| OLS | OTP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 40% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 9.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
