Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SalPa & Inter Turku face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts SalPa saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ykkonen. This match was also played here at Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Inter Turku have had more rest.
SalPa form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 6th round.2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ykkonen numbers at home for SalPa so far this season.
The SalPa supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Salon Urheilupuisto Stadion: A 1-3 defeat against Gnistan.
A Ykkonen defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Jaro.A decent goal production from SalPa in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. SalPa have conceded 9 from these games.
Inter Turku form and stats
Inter Turku was sent out of Finland Cup in the final last season.1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Inter Turku in their Veikkausliiga matches away.
Inter has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Oulu for a 1-1 draw.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against KTP in the Veikkausliiga.Inter Turku have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): SalPa zero wins, zero draws and Inter Turku two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Smith 6 goals |  J. Huhtala 5 goals | M. John 3 goals |
SalPa missing players
Inter Turku missing players
| SalPa | Inter Turku | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 43 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 45% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | ||
| 8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | MP | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | EIF | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | SJK Akatemia | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | HIFK | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | TPS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | KaPa | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 8 | JaPS | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 9 | SalPa | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | JJK | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Jaro | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | KPV | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | SJK | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | HJK | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Oulu | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 5 | Honka | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Ilves | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | KTP | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Lahti | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Haka | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | VPS | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
