Perhaps a welcome break from league football as HIFK & JäPS face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ykköscup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This has all the signs of an appealing game with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
HIFK form and stats
HIFK are returning here after guesting MP in a Ykköscup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
A 1-1 result against Gnistan before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Ykköscup.
JäPS form and stats
JäPS's mission in Ykköscup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The supporters enjoyed JäPS's previous match versus MP, a Ykköscup win (3-0) played at home.
Before that game, the victory at home against Gnistan in the Ykköscup (5-2). JäPS are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 6 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Of the defeats, 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Just as the home team, JäPS have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 JäPS win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last three meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for HIFK, zero draws and one win for JäPS. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last three encounters.
HIFK missing players
JäPS missing players
| HIFK | JäPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Scored | S | 13 | 46 | ||
| 63 | 33 | Conceded | C | 28 | 51 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 8.3 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 31% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 41% | ||
| 15.8 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 14 | ||
| 7.6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JäPS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | HIFK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Gnistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | MP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
