TPS maintain unbeaten Veikkausliiga start as SJK pick up first three points

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lahti-pn1BFqRM/tps-dM4FE3tT/?mid=YghVxJ87"]TPS 2-1 Lahti[/a][/b][/p][p]Going to Aland and getting a point against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mariehamn/C8bOhcyj/"]Mariehamn[/a] was a decent start by last season's playoff winners, and they cemented that by holding on to all three points in their first home game back in the top flight.[/p][p]The opening goal arrived on the stroke of half-time, [b]as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lahti/pn1BFqRM/"]Lahti[/a] failed to clear a ball that was ricocheting around their box, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/turkki-eetu/4KaPQBQR/"]Eetu Turkki[/a] headed the ball across goal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsirigotis-theodoros/x0oPGOcK/"]Theodoros Tsirigotis[/a] to nod home.[/b][/p][p][b]Tsirigotis then turned provider five minutes into the second half, finding [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konkkola-marius/EkFTM0Af/"]Marius Konkkola[/a] who netted his first goal since these two sides met in the Liiga Cup in January.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-mamodou/W8XfOEMC/"]Momodou Sarr[/a] was the match winner in Lahti's opening game away at Jaro, but his goal 16 minutes from time only served to be a consolation this time, as the Turku side held on to win this battle of newly-promoted teams.[/p][embed guid="d02a9c7b-0f19-4d4e-95cd-fe1eaf7a6759" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2042632925821166075" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mariehamn-C8bOhcyj/sjk-hj3ima3I/?mid=Q1fG0M0E"]SJK 3-0 Mariehamn[/a][/b][/p][p]Following a 3-0 loss to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hjk/nmjJVR7B/"]HJK[/a] on the opening weekend, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sjk/hj3ima3I/"]SJK[/a] have hit back by cruising to a 3-0 win at home to Mariehamn.[/p][p]The opening goal just before the half-hour mark was all too simple - [b]an inswinging [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paananen-kasper/K4zhEl2o/"]Kasper Paananen[/a] was headed home in the centre of the six-yard box by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pires-kelvin/0MWz2VvQ/"]Kelvin Pires[/a]. [/b][/p][p]Seven minutes into the second half, [b]it was 2-0 to the hosts after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/giabo-yussif-salim/GtnBZIG5/"]Salim Yussif[/a] went on a driving run through the middle before laying the ball off to Paananen[/b], who still had to shrug off challenges before slamming his finish past the goalkeeper.[/p][embed guid="29e550a6-d742-4a92-aa68-9c6cb6df8466" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2042655863907750331" social-type="twitter" /][p]And the icing on the cake arrived in the 90th minute, as Paananen's replacement [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mastokangas-elias/4GUynsrc/"]Elias Mastokangas[/a] found another substitute, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/streng-jeremiah/UV7xEo6J/"]Jeremiah Streng[/a][/b], who rounded off a positive evening for the Seinajoki side.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/jaro-faEPan8O/vps-8GveH5dA/?mid=MTmPb0VQ"]VPS 0-0 Jaro[/a][/b][/p][p]There were no goals in Vaasa, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vps/8GveH5dA/"]VPS[/a] played out a second successive goalless draw to begin their 2026 campaign, while Jaro picked up a first point but are also awaiting their first goal of the season.[/p][p]The stalemate was not for the want of Jaro's trying, as they had 18 shots across the 90 minutes, but all five on target were dealt with by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jalloh-mamadou/rZn9m4rJ/"]Mamodou Jalloh[/a] in the home side's goal.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the 2026 Veikkausliiga season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]