National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's RoPS or Jaro that keep their silverware dream alive.
It should be mentioned that Jaro play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Jaro on artifical turf are 4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from nine games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 12-14. You can compare this with overall results below.
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 RoPS and Jaro.
RoPS form and stats
Last season, RoPS's Finland Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus JBK last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When RoPS have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost six from six games. three defeats by at least two goals.
The manager Tanner will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to JJK in only four days.
Jaro form and stats
Jaro's mission in Finland Cup last season failed in the group stage.Four points from two away games for Jaro, meaning one draw and one victory in the Ykkonen so far.
Jaro play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting PEPO.
hometeam won
3 goals so far away for Jaro, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven RoPS victories, two draws and one Jaro win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. Roiha loves to play against Jaro and have scored 7 goals in these matches.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kronholm 1 goals | J. Remesaho 1 goals | S. Kähkönen 1 goals |
RoPS missing players
Jaro missing players
| RoPS | Jaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 52% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 |
