Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Gnistan (2nd, 57 pts) held a 26-point advantage over SalPa (3rd, 31 pts). On recent form SalPa sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Gnistan were scoring 9.8 and conceding 5.2, SalPa 7.4 and 7, against a competition average of 2.58 goals per team per game.
Gnistan had not lost in 13 games. SalPa had gone 8 games without a win. Over the last five, Gnistan had taken 11 of 15 points to SalPa's 3.
Mustapekka Areena in Helsinki, capacity 800, hosted the game. SalPa led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.