Match Report
JPS, 1st with 53 points, sat 20 points above Jyväskylä Blackbird (4th, 33). Jyväskylä Blackbird's recent output lagged their position: 11th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 2.57/2.05 for Jyväskylä Blackbird and 3.57/0.76 for JPS (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.15.
JPS had won three straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Jyväskylä Blackbird had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; JPS, 13.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Jyväskylä Blackbird have 2 wins to JPS's 1, with 2 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 80% of the meetings.
The match was played at Viitaniemi tekonurmi (capacity 3,000). JPS led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Jyväskylä Blackbird: Eetu Rissanen (87') · JPS: Matti Vähäpesola (6'), Joakim Peltoniemi (22'), J. Rintatalo (74'), J. Rintatalo (81')
Key stats
Possession: Jyväskylä Blackbird 38% · JPS 62% · Total shots: 10-21 · On target: 5-12 · Corners: 8-3