Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — SalPa 1st with 56 points, Ilves II 9th with 33, 23 apart. On recent form SalPa sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.67/1.79 for Ilves II and 18.33/11.33 for SalPa (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.39.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for SalPa, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Ilves II against 13/15 for SalPa.
With 62 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, L. Siukkola was the man in the middle. The match was played at Kauppi 2 Tekonurmi in Tampere (capacity 500). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.