Match Report
14 points and 3 places separated them: JIPPO 4th with 40, KTP 1st with 54. Per game in the league, JIPPO were scoring 1.39 and conceding 0.87, KTP 1.78 and 0.91, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
KTP entered with five wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. JIPPO had banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; KTP, 15.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — JIPPO 2, draws 3, KTP 1, at 2.83 goals per meeting. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
With 90 matches recorded and 1.9 yellow cards per game, K. Mäkinen was the man in the middle. Joensuun Keskuskenttä, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: KTP led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
KTP: Petteri Forsell (14'), G. Sunday (79')
Key stats
Possession: JIPPO 75% · KTP 25% · Total shots: 11-7 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 8-1