Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — KuPS 1st with 43 points, Mariehamn 12th with 14, 29 apart. Recent form flatters Mariehamn's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 12th. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, KuPS ran at 1.73 scored and 1.05 conceded, Mariehamn at 0.77 and 1.95.
GioScore's database holds 13 meetings between the two: 7 for KuPS, 2 for Mariehamn and 4 drawn, at 3.38 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 62% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 69%.
Savon Sanomat Areena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,300. The referee was K. Joona, with 60 matches in our database and 1.5 yellows per game on average. Mariehamn led 3-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
KuPS: Gustav Engvall (11'), Piotr Parzyszek (59') · Mariehamn: Adam Larsson (6'), J. Svedberg (14'), Ludvig Richtnér (42'), Ludvig Richtnér (62')
Key stats
Possession: KuPS 72% · Mariehamn 28% · Total shots: 19-10 · On target: 8-5 · Corners: 10-4