National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oulu or Ilves II 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 Oulu and Ilves II.
Oulu form and stats
Oulu was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Finland Cup.The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for Oulu at their home stadium (Raatin stadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Oulu, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lahti away with the result 2-0. Liimatta and López found the net in that victory.
Before that game, the home loss against KuPS with the scoreline 0-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Oulu as they have a new game in only three days, a Veikkausliiga match thankfully also at home. SJK are visiting.
Oulu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Raatin stadion with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Oulu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ilves II form and stats
Ilves are travelling again after losing away to Tampere United in their previous match (2-3).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting I-Kissat's place.After this away game Ilves II return home for a Kakkonen game against Jazz. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Yaghoubi 1 goals |  O. Suutari 1 goals |  T. Hytönen 1 goals |
Oulu missing players
Ilves II missing players
| Oulu | Ilves II | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 44 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 34 | 50 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 45% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | HJK | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Honka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Oulu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Haka | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | SJK | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Lahti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | VPS | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
