Match Report
The table read 1st (Kiffen, 39 pts) against 5th (HPS, 25 pts), 14 points apart. The last five rounds placed HPS no better than 45th for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, Kiffen were scoring 2.28 and conceding 1.33, HPS 2.17 and 2.28, against a competition average of 1.94 goals per team per game.
Kiffen had won three straight. HPS had gone 5 games without a win. Kiffen had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; HPS, 2.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Kiffen, 0 draws and 2 for HPS, at 3.8 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at Pukinmäki liikuntapuisto (capacity 2,000). Kiffen led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Kiffen: Aku Haajanen (13'), Aku Haajanen (49') · HPS: K. Meriläinen (90')
Key stats
Possession: Kiffen 51% · HPS 49% · Total shots: 16-5 · On target: 11-3 · Corners: 9-5