SEINAJOKI. SJK conquers Ilves 1-0 after J. Moreno scored a penalty (34′).
The match was played at the OmaSP Stadion stadium in Seinajoki on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Joni Hyytiä who had the assistance of Mika Lamppu and Christian De Casseres. The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.06 degrees Celsius or 37.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. SJK was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Ilves that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Ilves had a more offensive attitude with 84 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, SJK found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
SJK shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ilves shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
SJK received 1 yellow card (Kelvin Pires). On the opposite side, Ilves received 3 yellow cards (Doni Arifi, Juhani Pikkarainen and Joona Veteli ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, SJK has 7 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Ilves stays with 1 points (10th).
Next matches
SJK – Formation
SJK
29'
66'
34'
SJK started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Toni-Pekka Lehtinen decided to play with the following team: R. Paunio, D. Naamo, Kelvin Pires, Ville Tikkanen, Babacar Fati, Markus Arsalo, Pyry Hannola, Valentín Gasc, Kasper Paananen, Jaime Moreno and Rasmus Karjalainen.
The home team had on the bench: Salim Giabo Yussif, Otto Kemppainen, Kingsley Ofori, A. Atarah, Denis Cukici, Fallou Ndiaye and Hemmo Riihimäki.
Substitutions
SJK made 4 changes: Kasper Paananen for Kingsley Ofori (46′), Markus Arsalo for Salim Giabo Yussif (66′), D. Naamo for Otto Kemppainen (66′) and Jaime Moreno for Fallou Ndiaye (82′).
Ilves – Formation
Ilves
Ilves started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Joonas Rantanen played with: Otso Virtanen , Aapo Mäenpää, Tatu Miettunen, Juhani Pikkarainen, Oiva Jukkola, Anton Popovitch, Doni Arifi, Jorginho, Roope Riski, Santeri Haarala and Joona Veteli .
They had on the bench: Matias Kivikko, Mohammed Umar, J. Viitala, M. Söderbäck, Noel Hasa, D. Bulgakov and Felipe Aspegren.
Substitutions
Ilves made only 1 change substituting Joona Veteli for Marius Söderbäck (71′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
