| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Claus | 15 | D1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5/15 | 8-10 |
| Vaajakoski | 15 | L2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 1/15 | 5-12 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2009-05-30 – 2010-05-01) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-05-01 | Vaajakoski | 3-0 | Santa Claus |
| 2009-05-30 | Santa Claus | 4-1 | Vaajakoski |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Claus | 11 | 26 | 32 | 3 | LDLDL | 14 | -3 |
| Vaajakoski | 13 | 26 | 15 | -38 | LLLDW | 13 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2011-09-25
On paper the standings were lopsided — Santa Claus 11th with 32 points, Vaajakoski 13th with 15, 17 apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.81/1.69 for Santa Claus and 1.35/2.81 for Vaajakoski (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.59.
Vaajakoski had not won in 9 games.
Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in Rovaniemi staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,500. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
