Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — KuPS W 2nd with 49 points, Honka W 4th with 26, 23 apart. On recent form Honka W sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Against a league average of 2.84 goals per team per game, Honka W ran at 6.2 scored and 7.8 conceded, KuPS W at 9.83 and 4.33.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 0 Honka W wins, 3 for KuPS W, 1 draw, at 3.25 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Tapiolan Urheilupuisto in Esbo, with room for 70,050 spectators. With 34 matches recorded and 0.7 yellow cards per game, K. Koulik was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: KuPS W led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-2.