Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — KuPS 1st with 43 points, Mariehamn 4th with 3, 40 apart. Mariehamn had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, KuPS ran at 1.73 scored and 1.05 conceded, Mariehamn at 1 and 1.33.
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. 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