Oulu finally end winless run as Inter Turku keep tabs on Veikkausliiga leaders

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ac-oulu-Y35Jer59/ilves-pYGmWmwa/?mid=0CI3fZ8a"]AC Oulu 1-0 Ilves[/a][/b][/p][p]Five games without a win had seen [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-oulu/Y35Jer59/"]AC Oulu[/a] drift away from the title race, but their European hopes are back on again after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves/pYGmWmwa/"]Ilves[/a], whose two-match winning run came to an end.[/p][p]The only goal of the contest came 10 minutes into the second half, when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karjalainen-rasmus/0vdJdbrC/"]Rasmus Karjalainen[/a] made sure he was first to a loose ball on the right and produced a pinpoint cross for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kone-abdoulaye/ptBEHUFR/"]Abdoulaye Kone[/a] to bury with his head.[/b][/p][p]That goal clinched a first three-point haul since 18th June for Oulu, while the Tampere side stay ninth and missed the chance to close the gap on the top six to two points.[/p][embed guid="0412cf75-056c-4f43-bd63-4ba9b735e841" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2083945082827276363" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/vps-8GveH5dA/?mid=4pPfdevm"]VPS 0-1 Inter Turku[/a][/b][/p][p]That chance for Ilves came about because six-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vps/8GveH5dA/"]VPS[/a] were beaten for the third game in a row, and this time it was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-turku/QwkNUoNH/"]Inter Turku[/a] who took the points to close the gap to KuPS at the top of the table back to five points.[/p][p]The crowd only had to wait until the 17th minute for the only goal in this one, not that it would have cheered the home crowd in Vaasa. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kiiskila-eeli/nHdyTT2N/"]Eeli Kiiskila[/a] struck his 20-yard free-kick low, and a deflection on its way through carried it past the goalkeeper.[/b][/p][p]It's just a second win in eight in the league for FC Inter, who have been going well in the UEFA Conference League qualifiers. They have a four-point cushion over Oulu in third.[/p][embed guid="73cdd269-a57c-44bc-b3c3-fe5bbf4148b9" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnhrJE1iOSg" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the Veikkausliiga on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]