In the Ykkösliiga game on 8 August 2026, PK-35 beat SJK Akatemia 0:3. Match numbers: shots on target 2:7, corners 7:4.
Match report
PK-35 moved three points clear at the top of the Ykkösliiga group stage with a 3-0 victory over SJK Academy on August 8. The second-placed visitors took all three points in Kuopio, extending their unbeaten run while leaving the hosts rooted to tenth place. To be fair, the gulf between them had been visible for some time now.
Pitkala opened the scoring in the fifth minute, a quiet strike that set the tone for what followed. Sadik doubled the advantage from the spot in the thirty-sixth, and Tolonen sealed the result with a goal in the eighty-sixth. By then SJK Academy were already searching for answers in a game they had not controlled.
Berjali picked up a yellow card in the twenty-ninth minute, and a second booking arrived in stoppage time. The hosts made six changes across the second half — Hautamaki, Tapani, Salmivuori, Kangaskokko, Pikkuhookana, and Ahmed-Nur all came on — but the substitutions could not shift the momentum back to their side.
The statistics do not tell the full story. Both sides registered around half the possession, yet PK-35 found the target seven times to SJK Academy's two shots on goal. The visitors were more clinical, and here's the thing — that is often what separates a comfortable win from a hard-fought one.
SJK Academy have won only twice in twenty-two league games, sitting on twelve points with a goal difference that reflects their struggles. PK-35, meanwhile, hold forty-five points from thirteen wins and six draws, and this result keeps them firmly in the hunt for promotion.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %50–50
Shots on target2–7
Shots off target6–5
Attacks84–79
HT⚽5' E. Pitkala — Goal🟨29' I. Berjali — Yellow card⚽36' I. Sadik — Penalty⇄46' E. Hautamaki — Substitution⇄66' I. Sadik — Substitution⇄67' J. Tapani — Substitution⇄68' E. Salmivuori — Substitution⇄69' T. Kangaskokko — Substitution⇄78' J. Pikkuhookana — Substitution⇄78' I. Berjali — Substitution⇄83' A. Ahmed-Nur — Substitution⇄84' E. Pitkala — Substitution⚽86' M. Tolonen — Goal🟨90+7' Yellow card
