Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — TP-47 3rd with 42 points, Riverball 14th with 12, 30 apart. The last five rounds placed Riverball 8th in the league for form — higher than their 14th in the standings. Per game in the league, TP-47 were scoring 1.77 and conceding 1.15, Riverball 0.58 and 2.38, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Riverball had not won in 6 games. Over the last five, TP-47 had taken 12 of 15 points to Riverball's 1.
Pohjan stadion in Tornio, capacity 1,350, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.