Match Report
JPS, 1st with 41 points, sat 23 points above SaPa Pieksämäki (6th, 18). SaPa Pieksämäki's recent output lagged their position: 20th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Per game in the league, JPS were scoring 3.47 and conceding 0.65, SaPa Pieksämäki 2 and 2.17, against a competition average of 2.1 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched JPS in 13 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for JPS, 0 draws and 1 for SaPa Pieksämäki, at 5 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 100% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Viitaniemi tekonurmi, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
JPS: Joona Salo (7'), J. Rintatalo (59') · SaPa Pieksämäki: Samuli Liimatainen (39')
Key stats
Possession: JPS 58% · SaPa Pieksämäki 42% · Total shots: 16-10 · On target: 8-5 · Corners: 7-4