Match Report
1 points and 1 places separated them: Gnistan 1st with 4, Mariehamn 2nd with 3. Mariehamn's recent output lagged their position: 14th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Gnistan ran at 1.5 scored and 1 conceded, Mariehamn at 1 and 1.
Mariehamn arrived off eight straight defeats. Over the last five, Gnistan had taken 8 of 15 points to Mariehamn's 0.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Gnistan, 2 draws and 1 for Mariehamn, at 2.86 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Mustapekka Areena (capacity 1,100). Gnistan led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 4-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Gnistan: S. Ylätupa (6'), Adeleke Akinyemi (51'), Adeleke Akinyemi (71'), Danny Pérez (90') · Mariehamn: Adam Stroud (53'), W. Nuñez (79')
Key stats
Possession: Gnistan 57% · Mariehamn 43% · Total shots: 23-5 · On target: 10-3 · Corners: 8-2