Lahti keep Veikkausliiga top-six hopes alive with comeback win at SJK

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lahti-pn1BFqRM/sjk-hj3ima3I/?mid=fZqBU6jT"]SJK 1-2 Lahti[/a][/b][/p][p]Four points shy of the championship group places with two games to play, defeat would see [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lahti/pn1BFqRM/"]Lahti[/a] join [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sjk/hj3ima3I/"]SJK[/a] in the relegation group in September, yet a first win in three keeps their European ambitions alive for the time being.[/p][p]But they did it the hard way, as two bookings 10 minutes apart saw [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muller-jose/EyM99O97/"]Jose Muller[/a] dismissed with a little over half an hour gone[/b], and early in the second half, the extra man paid dividends for the hosts, who took the lead when[b] a low ball fizzed across the face of goal to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moisio-jaakko/IBPFsyH3/"]Jaakko Moisio[/a], who pulled it back for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/onuoha-eze/AZss8ytd/"]Eze Onuoha[/a] to bundle in.[/b][/p][p]The visitors didn't let their heads drop, and managed to level [b]10 minutes from time when[/b] [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yapi-romaric/4x25i61p/"]Romaric Yapi[/a] set up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cassubie-yohan/hnXvVvRs/"]Yohan Cassubie[/a][/b], and within seconds of the restart, the tide continued to turn in Lahti's favour, when [b]SJK's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pires-kelvin/0MWz2VvQ/"]Kelvin Pires[/a] received his second booking of the second half[/b], and with it, his marching orders.[/p][embed guid="cc821ccb-b912-444b-9cf7-463adfbbbc5b" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2090864597846594045" social-type="twitter" /][p]With all the momentum, the away side managed a grab an unlikely victory deep into added time, as the Seinajoki side gave [b]Yapi time and space to slot and simple through ball to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-aaron/EafqkbDI/"]Aaron Lindholm[/a], who coolly rolled the 95th-minute winner into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][p]Lahti are a point behind both [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vps/8GveH5dA/"]VPS[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-oulu/Y35Jer59/"]AC Oulu[/a], who have a chance to move four clear again later this round. In fourth place, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gnistan/Aa28K98n/"]Gnistan[/a] need just a point from their final two games to stay out of Lahti's reach. SJK lose for the second game in a row, though even victory would have seen them stay in 10th place.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the final rounds of the Veikkausliiga regular season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]