Perhaps a welcome break from league football as VJS & Ilves face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Veikkausliiga.
VJS form and stats
Last season, VJS's Finland Cup journey ended in the 5th round.The VJS regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host ToTe / Legends and win 10-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, VJS played a great game against ToTe / Legends and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that fixture, a home win hosting P-Iirot in the Finland Cup.
Ilves form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.There's been little loot from Ilves's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Veikkausliiga. Ilves only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
Ilves's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus SJK that finished 1-1.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Inter Turku's place.The schedule is very tough for Ilves now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Veikkausliiga game at KTP is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Ilves when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Parfitt-Williams 2 goals | P. Pennanen 1 goals |
VJS missing players
Ilves missing players
| VJS | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 70 | 33 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 63% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | SJK | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | KTP | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Ilves | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Haka | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | VPS | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
