National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's KPV or SJK Akatemia that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
KPV form and stats
Last season their Ykköscup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.KPV's previous fixture was a Ykköscup game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 vs JJK. The home team hope to to build on that result.
2-2 away at TPS before that.This is expected to be a close game, with KPV perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with KPV as a small favourite), we find 5 games. KPV has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
KPV have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, KPV have scored {1 goals} and conceded 8 times.
SJK Akatemia form and stats
They also participated in Ykköscup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Two away matches in a row for Akatemia, whose manager Page could celebrate last time after the Ykköscup win against Jaro.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at PIF.It's a day of discovery for SJK Akatemia as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which SJK Akatemia have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games SJK Akatemia has scored {0 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding seven meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for KPV, one draw and two wins for SJK Akatemia. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
KPV missing players
SJK Akatemia missing players
| KPV | SJK Akatemia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 36 | ||
| 46 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.6 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 40% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 39% | ||
| 10 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | KPV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | SJK Akatemia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | JJK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
