They met at the stadium on Saturday as part of the nineteenth round of the Veikkausliiga, and Vaasa left with three points from Jaro. The visitors took the lead through S. Lindholm in the sixteenth minute before O. Kass Kawo equalised for the hosts just before half-time. Vaasa then pulled away with a second-half strike from Y. Daoussi in the seventy-first to make it 1-3.
There were early cautions, with A. Raisanen shown a yellow card in the sixth minute and E. Okereke thirty-three minutes in. The home side responded at the break, substituting Okereke at forty-six, though the visitor's yellow in the forty-seventh suggested the game remained tight. The turning point came when Daoussi's goal shifted the momentum, and by then Jaro had already lost their advantage.
The statistics tell a story of missed opportunities on both sides. Jaro held 48 per cent possession and created three big chances, but only five shots found the target from thirty-two attempts. Vaasa registered seven shots on target from twenty-three attempts, with a higher accuracy rate. Five big chances created against three suggests the visitors were more clinical, though neither side could be described as ruthless.
Substitutions came thick and fast after the interval. Vaasa brought on Jonathan Muzinga and A. Vidjeskog in the sixty-sixth minute, while the home side responded with Harden and Brunell. Kouassivi-Benissan arrived late for the visitors in the ninety-second, a reminder that the result was never in doubt after Daoussi's goal.
The result leaves Jaro in eleventh place with twenty-two points, nine defeats in twenty-two games. Vaasa move up to sixth with thirty-three points, still seven behind the leaders. The gap between them is widening, and for Jaro the season is slipping away.