SJK Akatemia left Joensuu with all three points after a 1-0 win over JIPPO Joensuu. The decisive moment came in the 65th minute, when Oskar Pihlaja found the net to settle a tight contest. JIPPO could not find a way back and were left with nothing from the match.
The game was goalless until Pihlaja's strike, which made it 0-1 and proved to be the only goal of the afternoon. Both sides had been booked early on, with Cauet Werner and Momo Cissé going into the ref's book inside the opening 20 minutes. Later yellows for Eerik Salmivuori and Haralds Silagailis added to a scrappy, niggly affair.
With no detailed match statistics available, the standout fact is straightforward: SJK Akatemia scored once and kept a clean sheet. That single goal, from Pihlaja at 65 minutes, was enough to decide the match.
