Match Report
JIPPO, 1st with 48 points, sat 25 points above PPJ (10th, 23). PPJ had been under-performing their position — 30th on five-round form against 10th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: PPJ 1.82 scored and 1.95 conceded per game, JIPPO 2.55 and 0.86, with the league averaging 1.67.
JIPPO came in having won three on the spin.
The match was played at Savon Sanomat Areena in Kuopio (capacity 5,300). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.