National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's HIFK or Gnistan that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their last match. Let's hope for an energetic fixture!
HIFK form and stats
In their previous game, the manager Okkonen led his HIFK to a defeat away at Lahti. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Talin jalkapallohalli. HIFK were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was a Veikkausliiga defeat to Mariehamn (2-3).Gnistan form and stats
Gnistan was sent out of Ykköscup in the group stage last season.The club members enjoyed Gnistan's previous fixture versus MP, a Ykköscup win (2-0) played at home.
Before that, Gnistan secured a home win against MP with the score 2-1.Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three HIFK victories, one draw and three Gnistan wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sarr 5 goals |  F. Lago Vilela de Abreu 4 goals | Y. Kikuchi 4 goals |
HIFK missing players
Gnistan missing players
| HIFK | Gnistan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 12 | 43 | ||
| 65 | 33 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 8.4 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 35% | ||
| 16.3 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
