SJK Seinajoki 2:2 IF Gnistan: Veikkausliiga Match Result

Match report

SJK Seinäjoki played out a 2:2 draw with IF Gnistan in the Veikkausliiga's nineteenth round on 7 August. The match ended level after a chaotic start that saw three goals in eleven minutes, leaving both sides with a point each. And here's the thing about results like this — they rarely tell the whole story.

G. Europaeus opened the scoring for Gnistan in the ninth minute, but SJK responded quickly. E. Mommo equalised ten minutes in, only for R. Eremenko to restore the visitors' lead by the eleventh minute. To be fair, that kind of burst can set the tone for everything that follows.

The second half settled into a different rhythm. SJK pushed for an equaliser and found it through A. Vellios in the seventy-ninth minute. The visitors had made several changes — B. Dahlstrom, A. Bostrom, Kelwin, and S. Ylatupa all came on — but could not hold on for a win. By then, the match had turned into something else entirely.

SJK dominated the numbers with 72 per cent possession and 100 attacks, creating six big chances. Gnistan managed only three shots on target from seven attempts within the penalty area. The hosts had 106 backward passes and 130 passes into the final third, but their 27 per cent shot accuracy meant chances went begging.

The result leaves SJK in tenth place with 19 points from 22 games, while Gnistan remain fourth on 36 points. The hosts had won their previous meeting 3:0 against HJK, but this was a harder task. The table goes out of the window in these games, and that is what matters.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 72 – 28.00

Shots on target 6 – 3

Shots off target 10 – 4

Big chances 6 – 0

⚽ 9' G. Europaeus — Goal ⚽ 10' E. Mommo — Goal ⚽ 11' R. Eremenko — Goal ⇄ 46' B. Dahlstrom — Substitution ⇄ 56' A. Bostrom — Substitution 🟨 60' E. Onuoha — Yellow card ⇄ 67' Kelwin — Substitution ⇄ 68' R. Eremenko — Substitution 🟨 76' E. Mommo — Yellow card 🟨 78' K. Pires — Yellow card ⇄ 79' S. Ylatupa — Substitution ⚽ 79' A. Vellios — Goal ⇄ 81' S. Yussif — Substitution ⇄ 82' A. Wilson — Substitution 🟨 84' J. Moisio — Yellow card

Match events

9' 0:1 IF Gnistan Goal G. Europaeus assist: R. Eremenko
10' 1:1 SJK Seinajoki Goal E. Mommo
11' 1:2 IF Gnistan Goal R. Eremenko assist: R. Gnanou
46' 1:2 IF Gnistan Substitution B. Dahlstrom off: A. Atarah
56' 1:2 SJK Seinajoki Substitution A. Bostrom off: A. Vellios
60' 1:2 SJK Seinajoki Yellow card E. Onuoha
67' 1:2 SJK Seinajoki Substitution Kelwin off: M. Suso
68' 1:2 IF Gnistan Substitution R. Eremenko off: D. Perez
76' 1:2 SJK Seinajoki Yellow card E. Mommo
78' 1:2 SJK Seinajoki Yellow card K. Pires
79' 1:2 IF Gnistan Substitution S. Ylatupa off: J. Latonen
79' 2:2 SJK Seinajoki Goal A. Vellios
81' 2:2 SJK Seinajoki Substitution S. Yussif off: J. Moisio
82' 2:2 SJK Seinajoki Substitution A. Wilson off: Caio Araujo
84' 2:2 SJK Seinajoki Yellow card J. Moisio

Statistics

72 Possession, % 28.00

6 Shots on target 3

10 Shots off target 4

6 Big chances 0

100 Attacks 80

5 Corners 2

15 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 15

5 Offsides 1

4 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 12

25 Throw-ins 13

All statistics

13/2650% Aerial duels 13/2650%

106 Backward passes 27

6 Blocked shots 1

11 Clearances 42

9/4023% Crosses 2/729%

13/1968% Dribbles 5/1145%

60 Failed passes 74

1 Goalkeeper saves 4

4 Interceptions 7

16 Key passes 8

38/6063% Long passes 22/6434%

130 Passes into the final third 38

392 Passes in the opposition half 135

255 Passes in own half 110

0.27 Shot accuracy 0.38

15 Shots inside the box 7

9/1369% Tackles 13/1681%

607 Total passes 238

Line-ups

SJK Seinajoki

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Roope Paunio	1
4	Kelvin Spencer Pires	4
5	Oscar Viisto	5
6	S. Youssef	6
15	Eetu Mömmö	15
8	A. Bostrom	8
14	Murilo Henrique de Araujo Santos	14
23	A. Wilson	23
31	E. Onyeka	31
7	Kelvin	7
9	Jeremiah Streng	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
35	Johannes Viitala	35
26	Jaakko Onni Moisio	26
28	Carlson Nwanyege	28
19	Elias Mastokangas	19
22	Leon Westerbacka	22
42	Caio Araujo	42
47	Muhammad Suso	47
27	Apostolos Vellios	27
51	Aziz Cisse	51

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IF Gnistan

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Oskar Lyberopoulos	13
2	Benjamin Dahlström	2
24	Rashed Gnanou	24
67	Ayo Obileye	67
14	Sergey Eremin	14
15	G. Europeus	15
23	Saku Tuomas Severi Ylätupa	23
27	Otto Hannula	27
31	Adam Yuki	31
17	Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi	17
26	Roman Eremenko	26

Substitutes
#	Player	number
95	Matej Juricka	95
40	Juhani Ojala	40
7	Artur Atarak	7
10	Joakim Latonen	10
11	Danny Marcos Pérez Valdez	11

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	KuPS	22	12	7	3	43
2	Inter Turku	22	11	9	2	42
3	HJK Helsinki	22	11	4	7	37
4	IF Gnistan	22	10	6	6	36
5	AC Oulu	22	10	4	8	34
6	Vaasan Palloseura	22	9	6	7	33
7	FC Lahti	22	9	5	8	32
8	Turku PS	22	8	7	7	31
9	Ilves	22	7	4	11	25
10	SJK Seinajoki	22	4	7	11	19

SJK Seinajoki — IF Gnistan: 2:2, Veikkausliiga

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IF Gnistan

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