Pelicans Lahti U20 beat Jokerit U20 5-2 in a club friendly match on Thursday, 6 August 2026. The result came after both sides had been trading results in recent weeks.
The hosts came into the fixture with some mixed fortunes, having lost 3-4 to Jokerit themselves just the day before. Before that they took three points from Kuukko U20 with a 3-1 win, though losses to Hämeenlinna U20 twice and a defeat to Kukko U20 rounded out their recent run.
Jokerit U20 had been on a tougher stretch, losing five of their last six matches on record. They fell 1-2 to KalPa U20 and 0-2 to TPS U20 in early March, with only a 4-5 defeat to IFK Helsinki U20 and a 4-3 victory over Hämeenlinna U20 breaking up the pattern.
By then the pattern of results suggested neither side was running hot. The 5-2 scoreline gave Pelicans a chance to put a marker down after their earlier meeting, and it showed some sharpness in attack that the recent form hadn't always displayed.
For Jokerit, the result extended a run of poor results that had seen them take just one win from their last five matches on record. They had nothing to lose in a friendly, but the scoreline reflected the inconsistency that has dogged them lately.