National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SalPa or Honka that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 SalPa and Honka.
SalPa form and stats
SalPa was eliminated in the 6th round last season in the Finland Cup.The story so far in the Ykkonen for SalPa at their home stadium (Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
SalPa shared the glory with HIFK in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Opportunity lost for SalPa in the HIFK match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Before that, SalPa played out a Ykkonen draw 0-0 when visiting JaPS.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for SalPa, as the Ykkonen home game vs SJK Akatemia is only three days away.
SalPa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion with 9 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the SalPa defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Honka form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Honka in their Veikkausliiga matches away.
Honka played 1-1 against HJK in their previous match.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against VPS in the Veikkausliiga.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Veikkausliiga trip to SJK.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
SalPa-Honka H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: SalPa zero wins, Honka two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Huhtala 5 goals | R. Pyyskänen 4 goals | M. John 3 goals |
SalPa missing players
Honka missing players
| SalPa | Honka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 46% | ||
| 8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gnistan | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | MP | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | EIF | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | SJK Akatemia | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | TPS | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | HIFK | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | SalPa | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | JaPS | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | JJK | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | KaPa | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 11 |
| 11 | Jaro | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | KPV | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 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 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | SJK | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | KTP | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Ilves | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Haka | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | VPS | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
