National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oulu or Haka that keep their silverware dream alive.
Oulu and Haka 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.
Oulu form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 6th round.Oulu have collected 3 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 1-0-3.
Happy days for Oulu in their previous game, a fixture away at Lahti that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Preceding that match was a Veikkausliiga defeat to Honka (1-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Oulu handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Veikkausliiga game versus Mariehamn in only three days. This game is also played here at Raatin stadion.
Oulu aren't scoring a lot here at Raatin stadion in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Oulu with 9 goals conceded in these matches.
Haka form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Veikkausliiga matches, Haka have produced an overall stat of 1-0-4 so far.
There might be some fixture complaints from Haka as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-3 against Inter Turku.
A draw for Haka before that, at their own venue hosting VPS (2-2).We have checked recent matches where Haka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Haka have another match away in just three nights, a Veikkausliiga game vs KuPS. A gruelling diary for the guests!
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Haka's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Oulu, four draws and four wins for Haka. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Coffey 4 goals | O. Suutari 2 goals | Y. Daoussi 1 goals |
Oulu missing players
Haka missing players
| Oulu | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SJK | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | HJK | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | KuPS | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Oulu | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | Honka | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Haka | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | KTP | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Inter Turku | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Lahti | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | VPS | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
