SalPa 6:4 Tampere United: Ykkönen Match Result

Match report

SääPä and Tampere United played out a six-goal encounter in the Ykkönen Group Stage on Friday evening. The match finished 6-4 to the home side after a frantic ninety minutes. Both teams came into the fixture as top-half sides, with Tampere United sitting first and SääPä second in the table. and here's the thing — the result leaves the gap between them at five points. L. Bradbury opened the scoring in the eighth minute before N. Jokiniemi levelled for the visitors just before the half-hour mark. J. Rantala then converted a penalty in the thirty-sixth minute to put SääPä ahead. Tampere United responded through Y. Miyazaki's double in the fifty-eighth minute, and E. Rrustemi struck twice in the sixty-fifth and sixty-ninth minutes to restore the home side's advantage. The match continued to swing as L. Kyllonen and O. Jakonen added further goals for SääPä in the eighty-second and eighty-third minutes. Miyazaki pulled one back again in stoppage time, and J. Laitinen completed the scoring for Tampere United on five minutes of added time. by then most of the damage had been done, but the visitors refused to lie down. There were plenty of bookings and changes throughout. Yellow cards flew in the middle of the game with K. Yao and J. Rantala both cautioned in the fifty-first minute. SääPä made five substitutions while Tampere United brought on four changes, with E. Rrustemi and L. Bradbury both coming off late in the game. SääPä registered more attacks with 133 compared to 126 from the away side, though both teams created similar chances. The home side landed nine shots on target to eight for Tampere United, while possession leaned slightly towards SääPä at 56%. to be fair the statistics barely tell the full story of such an open contest. The result keeps Tampere United top of the table with forty-seven points from twenty-four games. SääPä remain second on forty-two points, having won twelve, drawn six and lost six. Both sides have now played twenty-four matches, so there are still eight fixtures remaining in the group stage. SääPä enter their next round of games on the back of a strong run, having beaten three sides in a row before this result. Tampere United will look to restore their earlier dominance after a mixed week that included a home defeat to OLS. The group stage has not yet settled into a pattern anyone could predict.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 56.00 – 44

Shots on target 9 – 8

Shots off target 6 – 3

Attacks 133 – 126

⚽ 8' L. Bradbury — Goal ⚽ 19' N. Jokiniemi — Goal ⚽ 36' J. Rantala — Penalty 🟨 43' Yellow card 🟨 51' K. Yao — Yellow card 🟨 51' J. Rantala — Yellow card ⇄ 53' J. Rantala — Substitution 🟨 56' N. Jokiniemi — Yellow card ⚽ 58' Y. Miyazaki — Goal 🟨 58' S. Pakkanen — Yellow card ⚽ 65' E. Rrustemi — Goal ⇄ 66' K. Huhta — Substitution ⇄ 66' N. Hasa — Substitution ⚽ 69' E. Rrustemi — Goal ⇄ 75' J. Heikkinen — Substitution ⇄ 75' L. Bradbury — Substitution ⇄ 77' E. Rrustemi — Substitution ⇄ 80' S. Seidu — Substitution ⚽ 82' L. Kyllonen — Goal ⚽ 83' O. Jakonen — Goal 🟨 85' Yellow card ⇄ 89' J. Kauko — Substitution ⚽ 90+2' Y. Miyazaki — Goal ⚽ 90+5' J. Laitinen — Goal

Match events

8' 0:1 Tampere United Goal L. Bradbury
19' 1:1 SalPa Goal N. Jokiniemi
36' 1:2 Tampere United Penalty J. Rantala
43' 1:2 SalPa Yellow card
51' 1:2 SalPa Yellow card K. Yao
51' 1:2 Tampere United Yellow card J. Rantala
53' 1:2 Tampere United Substitution J. Rantala off: L. Kyllonen
56' 1:2 SalPa Yellow card N. Jokiniemi
58' 2:2 SalPa Goal Y. Miyazaki
58' 2:2 Tampere United Yellow card S. Pakkanen
65' 3:2 SalPa Goal E. Rrustemi
66' 3:2 Tampere United Substitution K. Huhta off: O. Torniainen
66' 3:2 Tampere United Substitution N. Hasa off: J. Enbuska
69' 4:2 SalPa Goal E. Rrustemi
75' 4:2 Tampere United Substitution J. Heikkinen off: K. Riihilahti
75' 4:2 Tampere United Substitution L. Bradbury off: J. Rantanen
77' 4:2 SalPa Substitution E. Rrustemi off: M. Lulli
80' 4:2 SalPa Substitution S. Seidu off: O. Jakonen
82' 4:3 Tampere United Goal L. Kyllonen
83' 5:3 SalPa Goal O. Jakonen
85' 5:3 SalPa Yellow card
89' 5:3 SalPa Substitution J. Kauko off: J. Kostian
90+2' 6:3 SalPa Goal Y. Miyazaki
90+5' 6:4 Tampere United Goal J. Laitinen

Statistics

56.00 Possession, % 44

9 Shots on target 8

6 Shots off target 3

133 Attacks 126

2 Corners 5

8 Free kicks 16

4 Offsides 3

4 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 11

15 Throw-ins 20

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