Match Report
Ilves II, 9th on 20 points, faced a 21-point deficit to Atlantis (4th, 41). Atlantis ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Ilves II were scoring 1.27 and conceding 2.27, Atlantis 2.45 and 1.36, against a competition average of 1.67 goals per team per game.
Atlantis had been beaten in three straight games.
Tammelan Stadion in Tampere, capacity 16,800, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-4.