Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: SJK (1st, 70 pts) held a 58-point advantage over Riverball (14th, 12 pts). Riverball's recent output outran their position: 8th on form over five rounds, 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Riverball were scoring 0.58 and conceding 2.38, SJK 2.77 and 0.54, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Riverball — four in succession. SJK had won three straight. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Riverball against 13/15 for SJK.
Rantakylän PUMA-nurmelle in Joensuu, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, SJK led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 0-5.