In a mid week match on Wed Sep 28th, in week 2, Mariehamn hosts Oulu in a meeting of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Mariehamn recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Lahti. Carvalho da Silva scored the first goal for Mariehamn in the 39th minute, then Cledson Carvalho da Silva added another in the 50th minute In the end, Lahti couldn’t muster any offence and Mariehamn ran away with the shutout win. Mariehamn is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while oulu sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against HIFK. Liimatta struck first for Oulu in the 21st minute, then Rasmus Karjalainen added another in the 62nd minute. Oulu should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Oulu and Mariehamn last played eachother at the Raatin Stadion on Jul 23rd. Oulu was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Carvalho da Silva struck first for Mariehamn in the 8th minute, then Niklas Jokelainen got the equalizer for Oulu in the 24th minute on a feed from Michael López Finally they completed the comback victory in the 35th minute on a goal by Sandro Sakho to cap off a wild match.
Oulu is fortunate enough to have Rasmus Karjalainen in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. John Owoeri has been the most prolific scorer on Mariehamn in his last five matches with three goals.