Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Oulu & VPS face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both sides have had time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated match!
Oulu form and stats
Oulu participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the 6th round.2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for Oulu so far this season.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Inter Turku last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting KuPS (0-1).Oulu has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches.
VPS form and stats
VPS's mission in Finland Cup last season failed in the 6th round.0-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for VPS in their Veikkausliiga matches away.
VPS might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. KuPS proved too strong as VPS slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Elisa Stadion (Vaasa).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting SJK's place.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The VPS manager Nuorela has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Oulu-VPS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Oulu three wins, VPS four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Coffey 4 goals | O. Suutari 2 goals |  K. Multanen 2 goals |
Oulu missing players
VPS missing players
| Oulu | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 26 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 36% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 69% | ||
| 9.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | SJK | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | HJK | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Oulu | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 5 | Honka | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Ilves | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | KTP | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Lahti | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Haka | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | VPS | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
