MP 0:3 PK-35: Match Result

Match report

MP produced a disciplined display to claim a 3-0 victory over PK-35 in the Ykkösliiga Group Stage on Friday evening. The visitors took the lead early through E. Pitkala's penalty conversion in the fourteenth minute, then capitalised on a missed spot-kick by PK-35's A. Ahmed-Nur. By then, the visitors had already established a pattern they would maintain throughout the ninety minutes. P. Diniz proved the decisive figure, netting twice to complete the scoring. His first came in the twenty-third minute before he added a second in the thirty-eighth to put the result beyond doubt. To be fair, PK-35 had a chance to respond when Ahmed-Nur sent his penalty wide seventeen minutes in, but the visitors' defence held firm. The match statistics tell a story of equal control but different efficiency. Both sides enjoyed fifty per cent possession, yet MP converted their chances while PK-35 could only muster three shots on target. The home side registered more attacks at ninety-three to eighty-one, but the real differentiator was clinical finishing. PK-35's manager introduced M. Tolonen in the sixty-third minute and brought on S. Stenius at the hour-and-twelve mark in an attempt to spark a response. J. Pikkuhookana received a yellow card in the fifty-fifth minute before further changes saw Ahmed-Nur and A. Kuek brought off together in the seventy-fifth. The result leaves PK-35 seventh in the table on twenty-one points from twenty-one games. MP move further clear in second place on forty-four points, with only three defeats all season. The home side's recent form—losses to Klu-04, EIF and JPS—suggests they need the points badly. **Final Score: PK-35 0-3 MP**

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 3 – 3

Shots off target 2 – 3

Attacks 93 – 81

⚽ 14' E. Pitkala — Penalty ✗ 17' A. Ahmed-Nur — Penalty missed ⚽ 23' P. Diniz — Goal ⚽ 38' P. Diniz — Goal 🟨 55' J. Pikkuhookana — Yellow card ⇄ 63' M. Tolonen — Substitution ⇄ 72' S. Stenius — Substitution ⇄ 75' J. Pikkuhookana — Substitution ⇄ 75' A. Ahmed-Nur — Substitution ⇄ 75' A. Kuek — Substitution ⇄ 87' S. Obioha — Substitution ⇄ 88' E. Pitkala — Substitution ⇄ 88' E. Kawakita — Substitution

Match events

14' 0:1 PK-35 Penalty E. Pitkala
17' 0:1 PK-35 Penalty missed A. Ahmed-Nur assist: A. Ahmed-Nur
23' 0:2 PK-35 Goal P. Diniz assist: E. Pitkala
38' 0:3 PK-35 Goal P. Diniz assist: J. Pikkuhookana
55' 0:3 PK-35 Yellow card J. Pikkuhookana
63' 0:3 PK-35 Substitution M. Tolonen off: L. Lokake
72' 0:3 MP Substitution S. Stenius off: M. Koivuniemi
75' 0:3 PK-35 Substitution J. Pikkuhookana off: I. Sadik
75' 0:3 PK-35 Substitution A. Ahmed-Nur off: J. Nakanishi
75' 0:3 MP Substitution A. Kuek off: E. Ylonen
87' 0:3 MP Substitution S. Obioha off: M. Al Sheikh
88' 0:3 PK-35 Substitution E. Pitkala off: N. Ndaziramiye
88' 0:3 PK-35 Substitution E. Kawakita off: J. Costa

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

3 Shots on target 3

2 Shots off target 3

93 Attacks 81

10 Corners 6

7 Free kicks 11

2 Offsides 0

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

10 Goal kicks 9

15 Throw-ins 24

All statistics

2 Blocked shots 2

0.43 Shot accuracy 0.38

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