Match Report
JPS, 1st with 53 points, sat 35 points above SaPa Pieksämäki (6th, 18). SaPa Pieksämäki's recent output lagged their position: 25th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Per game in the league, JPS were scoring 3.57 and conceding 0.76, SaPa Pieksämäki 1.95 and 2.48, against a competition average of 2.15 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%.
The venue was Viitaniemi tekonurmi in Jyväskylä. 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: 2 goals with no recorded scorer · SaPa Pieksämäki: 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: JPS 58% · SaPa Pieksämäki 42% · Total shots: 16-10 · On target: 8-5 · Corners: 7-4