Gnistan defeats Ilves 6-4 with 3 goals from J. Latonen. HIGHLIGHTS

TAMPERE. Gnistan had an adventurous win over Ilves. The hero of the match was J. Latonen who scored in the 60th, 73rd and 79th minute.

David Brown

April 14, 2024

TAMPERE. Gnistan had an adventurous win over Ilves. The hero of the match was J. Latonen who scored in the 60th, 73rd and 79th minute.

The match was played at the Tammelan Stadion stadium in Tampere on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Petri Viljanen with the assistance of Jarno Kiistala and Arttu Kuukasjärvi. The 4th official was Lassi Siukkola. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.57 degrees Celsius or 49.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.

Match Statistics

Ilves

4 - 6

Gnistan

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

13 Total 12
7 On Target 8
4 Off Target 5
2 Shots blocked 2

91 Attack 75
66 Dangerous attack 42
79 Ball safe 64

0 Penalties 1
6 Corners 5
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

9 Total 18
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Ilves was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Gnistan that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ilves was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Gnistan was capable to find the solution to win this contest.

Ilves shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Gnistan shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Ilves received 3 yellow cards (Tatu Miettunen, Lauri Ala-Myllymäki and Anton Popovitch). Regarding the opposition, Gnistan received 4 yellow cards (B. Tatar, A. Kabashi, E. Äijälä and T. Penninkangas).

Match Timeline

T. Penninkangas- Yellow

Anton Popovitch- Yellow

23'

Roope Riski(goal)Joona Veteli

36'

Oiva Jukkola(goal)Jorginho

40'

46'

P. Katajamäki- sub ->T. Penninkangas

46'

E. Äijälä- sub ->D. Agbo

52'

E. Äijälä- Yellow

M. Söderbäck- sub ->Joona Veteli

57'

Mohammed Umar- sub ->Juhani Pikkarainen

57'

60'

R. Pyyskänen- sub ->H. Woivalin

60'

J. Latonen(goal)

Doni Arifi(goal)Jorginho

66'

68'

P. Katajamäki(goal)M. Sarr

Aapo Mäenpää- sub ->Felipe Aspegren

71'

73'

J. Latonen(goal)A. Kabashi

75'

A. Kabashi- Yellow

Tatu Miettunen- Yellow

78'

79'

J. Latonen(penalty)

Roope Riski(goal)M. Söderbäck

81'

Lauri Ala-Myllymäki- Yellow

83'

84'

B. Tatar- sub ->J. Latonen

85'

B. Tatar(goal)M. Sarr

86'

B. Tatar- Yellow

D. Bulgakov- sub ->Anton Popovitch

89'

90'

H. Ölander- sub ->P. Katajamäki

90'

B. Tatar(goal)J. Enkerud

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

VPS

SJK

HJK

EIF

After playing this match, Ilves stays with 1 points to occupy the 10th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Gnistan has 6 points (1st).

Next matches

Ilves – Formation

Ilves

Otso Virtanen 1.Finland

Jorginho 3.Portugal

Juhani Pikkarainen 5.Finland

57'

Tatu Miettunen 16.Finland

78'

Felipe Aspegren 42.Finland

71'

Doni Arifi 6.Finland

66'

Joona Veteli 7.Finland

57'

Anton Popovitch 14.Finland

89'

23'

Oiva Jukkola 19.Finland

40'

Roope Riski 10.Finland

36', 81'

Lauri Ala-Myllymäki 15.Finland

83'

Substitutes

J. Viitala 12.Finland

Mohammed Umar 4.Ghana

57'

Aapo Mäenpää 22.Finland

71'

J. Riissanen 27.Finland

M. Söderbäck 17.Finland

57'

Noel Hasa 23.Finland

D. Bulgakov 31.Finland

89'

Ilves started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Joonas Rantanen decided to play with the following team: Otso Virtanen , Felipe Aspegren, Juhani Pikkarainen, Tatu Miettunen, Jorginho, Oiva Jukkola, Doni Arifi, Anton Popovitch, Joona Veteli , Lauri Ala-Myllymäki and Roope Riski.

The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Umar, J. Viitala, M. Söderbäck, Aapo Mäenpää, Noel Hasa, J. Riissanen and D. Bulgakov.

Substitutions

Ilves made 4 changes: Anton Popovitch for D. Bulgakov (89′), Felipe Aspegren for Aapo Mäenpää (71′), Juhani Pikkarainen for Mohammed Umar (57′) and Joona Veteli for M. Söderbäck (57′).

Gnistan – Formation

Gnistan

M. Nilsson 12.Sweden

S. Heiskanen 3.Finland

J. Raitala 22.Finland

T. Penninkangas 27.Finland

46'

J. Ojala 40.Finland

H. Woivalin 6.Finland

60'

D. Agbo 20.Ghana

46'

A. Kabashi 28.Finland

75'

J. Enkerud 9.Norway

J. Latonen 10.Finland

84'

60', 73', 79'

M. Sarr 17.Finland

Substitutes

J. Koski 45.Finland

E. Äijälä 2.Finland

46'

52'

H. Ölander 14.Finland

90'

J. Mabinda 30.Finland

R. Pyyskänen 18.Finland

60'

P. Katajamäki 11.Finland

46'

68'

B. Tatar 31.Bosnia and Herzegovina

84'

86'

85', 90'

Gnistan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Jussi Leppälahti played with: M. Nilsson, S. Heiskanen, J. Raitala, J. Ojala, T. Penninkangas, H. Woivalin, D. Agbo, A. Kabashi, M. Sarr, J. Enkerud and J. Latonen.

They had on the bench: E. Äijälä, P. Katajamäki, H. Ölander, R. Pyyskänen, J. Mabinda, B. Tatar and J. Koski.

Substitutions

Gnistan made 5 changes: J. Latonen for B. Tatar (84′), D. Agbo for E. Äijälä (46′), T. Penninkangas for P. Katajamäki (46′), H. Woivalin for R. Pyyskänen (60′) and P. Katajamäki for H. Ölander (90′).