Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Riverball & MP face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
MP could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ykkonen game only four sleeps ago. That game, against PIF, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for MP.
Riverball form and stats
A nice win for Riverball last time playing, versus JPS. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.
In the game before, an away victory in the Kolmonen match versus PK-37 with a 2-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Riverball as they are travelling to their away game against LehPa in the Kolmonen. That match is three days after this one.
MP form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the group stage.MP are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ykkonen, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
It's the second away game in a row for MP, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus PIF last time out. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Keskinen and that is solid stuff!
Prior to that match, the MP manager Pasoja faced defeat when travelling to KPV and losing 2-3.A quick return to home after this game, as MP are hosting SJK Akatemia in the Ykkonen only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, MP has managed 5 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Keskinen 2 goals | A. Goljahanpoor 1 goals |
Riverball missing players
MP missing players
| Riverball | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Scored | S | 29 | 51 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 30 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 71% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 7.1 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Gnistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Jaro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | KTP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | EIF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | KPV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | SJK Akatemia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | MP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | PK-35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | JäPS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | PIF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | PEPO | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
