Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — YPA 4th with 41 points, Riverball 14th with 12, 29 apart. On the form table Riverball stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Per game in the league, Riverball were scoring 0.58 and conceding 2.38, YPA 1.77 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for YPA. The last-five ledger: Riverball 5/15, YPA 12/15.
The match was played at Rantakylän PUMA-nurmelle in Joensuu (capacity 2,000). YPA led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.