National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SalPa or Gnistan that keep their silverware dream alive.
This field uses grass, unlike Gnistan's home stadium. The former twelve games by the guests on grass have given 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SalPa form and stats
SalPa are returning here after visiting KäPa in a Ykköscup game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to EIF (Ykköscup).
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the SalPa friendly games in pre-season: SalPa played three friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that SalPa scored {3 goals} and conceded 3 in these three games.
Gnistan form and stats
They also participated in Ykköscup last season. This ended in the group stage.Two away games in a row for Gnistan, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-5 versus JäPS in the Ykköscup.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against HIFK in the Ykköscup.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - zero - five (SalPa wins - draws - Gnistan wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
SalPa missing players
Gnistan missing players
| SalPa | Gnistan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 48 | 31 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 29 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 44% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
