Match Report
4 points and 1 places separated them: Ilves 4th with 41, KooTeePee 3rd with 45. KooTeePee had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Ilves 1.7 scored and 1.41 conceded per game, KooTeePee 1.3 and 1.07, with the league averaging 1.36.
Ilves had gone 6 games without a win.
Tammelan Stadion, capacity 16,800, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Ilves: Jonne Hjelm (19'), Jaakko Juuti (89') · KooTeePee: Joshua Mulvany (29'), Samuli Kaivonurmi (72')