National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's PK-35 or HIFK that keep their silverware dream alive.
This looks to be an appealing game with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's start!
PK-35 form and stats
PK-35 was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Finland Cup.PK-35 have collected 6 points from their Ykkonen home games so far after 1-3-1.
PK-35 lost their last game at KTP after a 0-4 scoreline. PK-35 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Ykkonen home game that ended 2-2 versus JäPS.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how PK-35 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.
PK-35 are traveling soon after this match as the Ykkonen match at PIF awaits in three days.
PK-35 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MagneCit Areena TN with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
HIFK form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Veikkausliiga matches, HIFK have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.
HIFK play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Ilves. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Paatelainen when Ali scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
A loss against VPS was the result prior to that, in a Veikkausliiga home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with HIFK playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 HIFK win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
HIFK have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. HIFK have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
PK-35-HIFK H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: PK-35 one win, HIFK one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Yassin 2 goals | P. Kuusijärvi 1 goals | E. Terävä 1 goals |
PK-35 missing players
HIFK missing players
| PK-35 | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Scored | S | 28 | 35 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 36% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | ||
| 8.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 12.9 | ||
| 4 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | KTP | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | EIF | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Gnistan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | SJK Akatemia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | JäPS | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 7 | MP | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | KPV | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 13 |
| 9 | Jaro | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | PEPO | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 11 | PK-35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | PIF | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | HJK | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Honka | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Oulu | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Ilves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Haka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 8 | VPS | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | SJK | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | HIFK | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 6 |
