Match Report
2nd against 1st, but level on points: VIFK and Kraft both had 6. VIFK ranked just 53rd in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, VIFK were scoring 1.75 and conceding 1.75, Kraft 2.25 and 1.5, against a competition average of 2.17 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 VIFK wins, 4 for Kraft, 0 draws, at 2.83 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
Kaarlen kenttä, capacity 4,600, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: VIFK led 2-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 4-2.
Goal scorers
VIFK: Lubunga Etoka (2'), Otso Matilainen (5'), Merhawi Birhane (58'), Alexander Back (52') · Kraft: Alexander Kronholm (56'), Franklin Matib (60')
Key stats
Possession: VIFK 63% · Kraft 37% · Total shots: 19-7 · On target: 10-4 · Corners: 7-5