National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ponnistus or VJS II that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ponnistus form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Finland Cup for Ponnistus, as the manager led his troops to eliminate LePa O35, and reach the 2nd Round. Ponnistus participated in Finland Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.Ponnistus's results here in the Kakkonen have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 11 defeats.
Ponnistus are returning here after visiting LePa O35 in a Finland Cup game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.
Before that match, a home defeat in the Finland Cup against PuiU Helsinki.
Ponnistus have scored {11 league goals} here from 13 matches, not a lot. Ponnistus have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
VJS II form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Viikingit in order to reach 2nd round of Finland Cup. Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Two away matches in a row for VJS, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Finland Cup win against Viikingit.
The match before was the Finland Cup-battle against MPS/Atletico Malmi, a home loss (0-2).
Head 2 Head
Ponnistus missing players
VJS II missing players
| Ponnistus | VJS II | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 21 | 22 | ||
| 77 | 45 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JJK | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 33 | 52 |
| 2 | HyPS | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 45 |
| 3 | Kings Kuopio | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Gnistan | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 45 |
| 5 | KaPa | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 | Warkaus | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | KuPS Ak. | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 0 | 40 |
| 8 | Kontu | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 34 | -3 | 36 |
| 9 | MPS | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Kuusankoski | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 34 |
| 11 | LPS | 25 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Huima | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 13 | Vaajakoski | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -23 | 22 |
| 14 | Ponnistus | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 35 | -62 | 6 |
