Match Report
Ireland W went into the game 2nd in the table on 17 points; Finland W sat 3rd on 10 — a 7-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Finland W: only 35th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Ireland W were scoring 3.25 and conceding 0.5, Finland W 1.75 and 1.5, against a competition average of 2.28 goals per team per game.
Finland W had lost five in a row. The last-five ledger: Ireland W 7/15, Finland W 0/15.
The match was played at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin (capacity 5,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.