Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — SJK 2nd with 18 points, Haka 6th with 1, 17 apart. On recent form Haka sat only 23rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Per game in the league, Haka were scoring 0.6 and conceding 1.4, SJK 2.5 and 2, against a competition average of 1.65 goals per team per game.
Haka entered with four losses in a row. SJK had won three straight, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Haka 1/15, SJK 12/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 1 Haka win, 4 for SJK, 3 draws, at 2.13 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Tehtaan kenttä in Valkeakoski, capacity 3,516, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: SJK led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-3.
Goal scorers
Haka: Kalle Multanen (59'), Kalle Multanen (51') · SJK: Kevin Appiah Nyarko (90'), Kasper Paananen (10'), Jeremiah Streng (66')