National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gnistan or MP that keep their silverware dream alive.
This pitch has artifical turf, unlike MP's home ground. The previous nine games by the guests on artifical turf have generated 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
Gnistan form and stats
Gnistan participated in Ykköscup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Gnistan's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus MP. The home side are looking to build on that result. Manager Rantanen felt very clever after Ikonen scored the winning goal against MP, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 80th minute.
Heartbreak before that as Gnistan lost 0-1 at PK-35's place.MP form and stats
Last season their Ykköscup adventure ended in the group stage.Two away games in a row for MP, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Gnistan.
Prior to that match, a home win 6-2 against PEPO in the Ykkonen.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. MP have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Gnistan victories, two draws and six MP wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Huhtala 8 goals |   K. Beugré 8 goals |
Gnistan missing players
MP missing players
| Gnistan | MP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 42 | 29 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 39 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 37% | ||
| 10.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
