Match Report
The table read 4th (Honka W, 26 pts) against 5th (Ilves W, 24 pts), 2 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Honka W: only 17th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Honka W 6.2 scored and 7.8 conceded per game, Ilves W 6.6 and 7.8, with the league averaging 2.84.
Ilves W arrived off five straight defeats.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Honka W, 2 by Ilves W, 0 drawn, at 2.75 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals.
Tapiolan Urheilupuisto in Esbo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 70,050. Ilves W led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Honka W: Ilona Walta (57') · Ilves W: Heta Olmala (77'), Anela Ljesnjanin (5'), Aino Rasinen (14')