National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's TPS or Ilves that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither TPS nor Ilves as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
TPS form and stats
Last season, TPS's Finland Cup journey ended in the 4th round.TPS drew their last game, 0-0 away at KPV.
Heartbreak before that as TPS lost 1-2 at EIF's place.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for TPS, as the Ykkonen home game vs JäPS is only three days away.
Ilves form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.Still no away game victory in the Veikkausliiga for Ilves with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Ilves lost away at KuPS (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that, Ilves secured a home win against Inter Turku with the score 2-1.A new game in only three days for Ilves, the Veikkausliiga home match versus KTP. Busy days.
Ilves have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest fixtures involving these sides have all ended as Ilves wins. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  D. Parfitt-Williams 2 goals |   R. Riski 1 goals | P. Pennanen 1 goals |
TPS missing players
Ilves missing players
| TPS | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 29 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 12 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gnistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | SJK Akatemia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | KäPa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | SalPa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | JäPS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | EIF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | KPV | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | TPS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Jaro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | JJK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | HIFK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Oulu | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | SJK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Honka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ilves | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | KTP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | KuPS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Inter Turku | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Haka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | VPS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
