Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Atlantis (3rd, 41 pts) held a 15-point advantage over KuFu-98 (8th, 26 pts). KuFu-98 had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Per game in the league, KuFu-98 were scoring 1.68 and conceding 1.45, Atlantis 2.18 and 1.09, against a competition average of 1.65 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Savon Sanomat Areena in Kuopio (capacity 5,300). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.