National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SJK or Inter Turku that keep their silverware dream alive.
Inter Turku play their home fixtures on grass, while this match occurs on artifical turf. Recent stats for Inter Turku when featuring on artifical turf are 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 15 matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 22 times in these games.
SJK form and stats
SJK was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Finland Cup.The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for SJK at their home stadium (OmaSP Stadion) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
SJK lost their last game at Oulu after a 0-1 scoreline.
Early season league goal statistics from SJK's 4 home games: 4 goals, 4 conceded.
Inter Turku form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Playing away, Inter Turku have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season.
Inter Turku played 2-2 against Ilves in their previous match. The draw against Ilves came from a losing position. The Inter Turku manager Gaspar brought on Paananen as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Inter Turku playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Inter win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
In the opposite end, Inter Turku have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these contenders: SJK won five, Inter Turku triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  B. Källman 6 goals |  M. Hetemaj 1 goals |  J. Jervis 1 goals |
SJK missing players
Inter Turku missing players
| SJK | Inter Turku | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | HJK | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Honka | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Oulu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Ilves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Haka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 8 | VPS | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | SJK | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Lahti | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | HIFK | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
