SalPa 2-0 Tampere in the Ykkönen, round 1.

SalPa won 2, drew 1 and lost 2 of their previous 5 matches (D–W–W–L–L), scoring 5 and conceding 7.

Tampere won 2, drew 0 and lost 3 of their previous 5 matches (W–L–L–L–W), scoring 11 and conceding 12.

The two sides have met 9 times: SalPa 8 wins, Tampere 1, 0 draws.