Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SexyPöxyt & HIFK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
HIFK could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only three sleeps ago.
SexyPöxyt form and stats
The SexyPöxyt fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host GrIFK U23 and win 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at SaPa that finished 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for SexyPöxyt as they are travelling to their away game against LePa in the Kolmonen - Etelä. That match is three days after this one.
HIFK form and stats
HIFK's mission in Finland Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Veikkausliiga matches, HIFK have produced an overall stat of 0-2-2 so far.
HIFK might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. KuPS proved too strong as HIFK slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Bolt Arena.
Ahead of that match was the Veikkausliiga away draw versus Inter Turku that ended 2-2.A quick return to home after this game, as HIFK are hosting Honka in the Veikkausliiga only three days away.
HIFK have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. HIFK's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sáez Carrillo 1 goals | J. Bäckman 1 goals | A. Kujanpää 1 goals |
SexyPöxyt missing players
HIFK missing players
| SexyPöxyt | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 55 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 28 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 48% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 27% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | HJK | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Honka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Oulu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Haka | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | SJK | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Lahti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | VPS | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
