Match Report
KPV went into the game 5th in the table on 21 points; KäPa sat 4th on 27 — a 6-point gap. The last five rounds placed KPV no better than 21st for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, KPV were scoring 5.4 and conceding 9, KäPa 8.8 and 10.6, against a competition average of 2.58 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for KPV — seven in succession. Over the last five, KPV had taken 0 of 15 points to KäPa's 6.
Kokkolan Keskuskenttä in Kokkola, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.