Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Jaro 2nd with 54 points, JäPS 5th with 35, 19 apart. On the form table JäPS stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.56 goals per team per game, Jaro ran at 1.89 scored and 1.11 conceded, JäPS at 1.63 and 1.96.
6 games without a win framed JäPS's arrival. Over the last five, Jaro had taken 10 of 15 points to JäPS's 3.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Jaro, 5 draws and 0 for JäPS, at 1.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 0% of those meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 20% of the meetings.
The match was played at Jakobstads Centralplan in Jacobstad (capacity 3,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Jaro led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 5-0.