Perhaps a welcome break from league football as VIFK & Mariehamn face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
VIFK form and stats
Last season, VIFK's Finland Cup journey ended in the 4th round.VIFK's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus TP-47. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, VIFK "killed" TP-47 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Xhosa was absolutely essential when VIFK beat TP-47 4-0, scoring three goals.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting KuPS Ak. (0-2).Mariehamn form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the 6th round.0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Mariehamn playing as the away team in the Veikkausliiga this season.
Mariehamn's previous game was their home loss versus SJK (0-2).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Honka's place.Mariehamn have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Xhosa 4 goals | J. Kiuru 3 goals | E. Hiekkanen 2 goals |
VIFK missing players
Mariehamn missing players
| VIFK | Mariehamn | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 26 | 48 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 48% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 |
