Perhaps a welcome break from league football as VPS & HJK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
HJK play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture will be played on artifical turf. Relevant stats for HJK when featuring on artifical turf are 16 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 25 matches. They have managed to score 45 goals and conceded 23 times on these occasions.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
VPS form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what VPS have to build on here at Kaarlen kenttä in the Veikkausliiga.
A good away victory last time out for VPS, who won 3-1 against Mariehamn.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for VPS here at Kaarlen kenttä in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the VPS defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
HJK form and stats
They also participated in Finland Cup last season. This ended in the final.HJK have an excellent away record in the Veikkausliiga so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games.
HJK are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at KuPS.
hometeam won
HJK are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
VPS-HJK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: VPS one win, HJK seven wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals |   R. Riski 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |
VPS missing players
HJK missing players
| VPS | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | ||
| 58 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 31 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 49% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 |
