Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ilves W & KuPS W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Women's Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting match with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Ilves W form and stats
Last season, Ilves W's Women's Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Ilves W's results here at Kauppi 2 Tekonurmi in the Liiga Women have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Stress levels are on the rise for Ilves's attacking players as they have now played 189 minutes without scoring in a league game. Ljesnjanin was their last goal scorer.
The Ilves W crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to HPS W here at Kauppi 2 Tekonurmi.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting KuPS W (0-7).Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Ilves W have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 8 from 8 games. 7 defeats by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ilves, as the Liiga Women home game vs ONS W is only three days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ilves W here at Kauppi 2 Tekonurmi in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
KuPS W form and stats
KuPS W's mission in Women's Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.KuPS W have an excellent away record in the Liiga Women so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games.
KuPS has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to PK-35 Vantaa W for a 2-2 draw. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four games in a row for the away team? The answer is Rochi and that is quite the accomplishment!
Prior to that match, a home win 7-0 against Ilves W in the Liiga Women.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with KuPS W given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 15 matches with 14 wins as expected, 1 draw and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 11 of these games by at least two goals.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as KuPS W alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (29 from 9 played).
Head 2 Head
KuPS W have been victorious in every one of the 8 latest duels against this team. Can they do it again?Rochi loves to play against Ilves and have scored 10 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Rochi 11 goals | A. Kröger 10 goals | A. Hartikainen 8 goals |
Ilves W missing players
KuPS W missing players
| Ilves W | KuPS W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 46 | 12 | Scored | S | 46 | 90 | ||
| 47 | 20 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 44% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 55% | ||
| 11.5 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 W | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 50 | 46 |
| 2 | Åland United | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 29 | 39 |
| 3 | HJK W | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 37 |
| 4 | Honka W | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | PK-35 Vantaa W | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 22 | -7 | 28 |
| 6 | HPS W | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Ilves W | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -19 | 17 |
| 8 | TPS W | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -21 | 15 |
| 9 | PK-35 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -24 | 14 |
| 10 | ONS W | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -44 | 3 |
