| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JS Hercules | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3/15 | 3-9 |
| KuPS Ak. | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7/15 | 6-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JS Hercules | 11 | 22 | 19 | -25 | DWDLL | 29 | -18 |
| KuPS Ak. | 4 | 22 | 37 | 6 | LLWLL | 31 | -27 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2023-08-05
The table gap was wide: 18 points between KuPS Ak. (4th, 37 pts) and JS Hercules (11th, 19 pts). KuPS Ak. ranked just 31st in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Against a league average of 1.67 goals per team per game, JS Hercules ran at 1.05 scored and 2.18 conceded, KuPS Ak. at 1.5 and 1.23.
The venue was Oulu-lehti Areena in Oulu, with room for 4,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-2.
