Oulu close the gap as Veikkausliiga leaders Inter Turku held by KuPS

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ac-oulu-Y35Jer59/jaro-faEPan8O/?mid=rarf8nFi"]AC Oulu 2-1 Jaro[/a][/b][/p][p]Sunday's match to end the round saw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-oulu/Y35Jer59/"]AC Oulu[/a] take an expected three points at home to struggling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jaro/faEPan8O/"]Jaro[/a], but fresh from their first win of the season, the away side certainly made the hosts work for the three points.[/p][p]Following a goalless opening 45 minutes, Oulu took the lead 45 minutes after the restart when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/korkko-julius/M3Az5iLk/"]Julius Korkko[/a] got his head to a corner and [b]the ball ricocheted off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pirinen-juha/SAu1ssYf/"]Juha Pirinen[/a] and bobbled in.[/b][/p][p]10 minutes later, Jaro had the chance to level when they won themselves a penalty, only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sjogrell-herman/S0DMmEVB/"]Herman Sjogrell[/a]'s effort to be saved by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-miguel/CM3IVPMO/"]Miguel Santos[/a]. However, from a corner moments later, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ogungbaro-michael/Cbkzsna1/"]Michael Ogungbaro[/a] nodded the deep set piece [b]back across for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjonback-aron/0KdyeyIa/"]Aron Bjonback[/a] to head in.[/b][/p][p]But parity lasted just three minutes - goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vits-senne/Y971Ckfq/"]Senne Vits[/a] clumsily brought down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jatta-kalifa/p8ve5BPb/"]Kalifa Jatta[/a] inside the area, and [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karjalainen-rasmus/0vdJdbrC/"]Rasmus Karjalainen[/a] showed how it was done by sending Vits the wrong way[/b] from the spot. That made it three wins on the spin for Oulu, and four losses in their last five for the 10th-placed side.[/p][embed guid="293846c8-7bbb-4806-9079-3bf977c55882" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2061101302956855709" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/kups-nLBbqJDS/?mid=48NKgm0b"]KuPS 1-1 Inter Turku[/a][/b][/p][p]That win for Oulu puts them three points shy of leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-turku/QwkNUoNH/"]Inter Turku[/a], as they were held at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kups/nLBbqJDS/"]KuPS[/a], who sit third, a point behind Oulu. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conteh-alie/xryT2cjo/"]Alie Conteh[/a]'s goal nine minutes after half-time was cancelled out by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moreno-jaime/SnTwttL9/"]Jaime Moreno[/a] just after the hour mark, as both sides made it five games unbeaten in the league.[/p][embed guid="d7a4cfe3-2b83-4261-87c5-16978e7a8a60" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2060746259565068292" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ilves-pYGmWmwa/lahti-pn1BFqRM/?mid=j5e8pqNp"]Lahti 5-0 Ilves[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lahti/pn1BFqRM/"]Lahti[/a] put an end to four league games without a win in great style, thrashing an [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves/pYGmWmwa/"]Ilves[/a] side they climbed above in the table. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/belabid-amir/IoQXBVSO/"]Amir Belabid[/a] scored twice before setting up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-aaron/EafqkbDI/"]Aaron Lindholm[/a] for the third in just the 17th minute. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andersson-erik/IJxc8OWd/"]Erik Andersson[/a] missed a penalty midway through the first half, but made amends with another spot-kick shortly after the break, before the Lynx conceded another penalty, which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heikkinen-daniel/UF09KDN1/"]Daniel Heikkinen[/a] had saved before he tucked away the rebound.[/p][embed guid="4587a8bb-afef-424b-8238-3e90cd0d1972" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cezLQvN0W10" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/gnistan-Aa28K98n/sjk-hj3ima3I/?mid=YmFyj5aN"]Gnistan 3-2 SJK[/a][/b][/p][p]Sitting between Lahti and Ilves in eighth place are [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gnistan/Aa28K98n/"]Gnistan[/a], who earned a third win in five against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sjk/hj3ima3I/"]SJK[/a], who still just have one win all season. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tessilimi-olatoundji/nmVWo1da/"]Olatoundji Tessilimi[/a] equalised late in the first half after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/obileye-ayo/tvDoS6hp/"]Ayo Obileye[/a]'s opener for Gnistan, but after the break, goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marcelo-costa/6mU5oxs4/"]Marcelo Costa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/europaeus-gabriel/0pERGijK/"]Gabriel Europaeus[/a] saw the hosts pull away before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/onuoha-eze/AZss8ytd/"]Eze Onuoha[/a] added what was no more than a consolation.[/p][embed guid="da5481ba-78f7-4ab4-a34c-3ff8f2ff4a6d" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXycbjoXqMk" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hjk-nmjJVR7B/mariehamn-C8bOhcyj/?mid=drKCe9Vo"]HJK 1-0 Mariehamn[/a][/b][/p][p]SJK stay off the bottom thanks to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hjk/nmjJVR7B/"]HJK[/a] inflicting a second straight defeat on winless [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mariehamn/C8bOhcyj/"]Mariehamn[/a]. An [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ring-alexander/0r9cVEJa/"]Alex Ring[/a] penalty within minutes of the second half getting underway was enough for a first win in four for HJK, who sit in fourth place but still nine points off the pace.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/tps-dM4FE3tT/vps-8GveH5dA/?mid=QNBTiRUA"]TPS 1-0 VPS[/a][/b][/p][p]Goal difference still separates HJK and fifth-placed TPS, who ended a two-match losing run with a narrow win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vps/8GveH5dA/"]VPS[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kauppila-miika/6aZyy4b3/"]Miikka Kauppila[/a]'s header seven minutes from time was enough to win it, taking the Turku side above their opponents, whose five-game unbeaten streak came to an end.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the Veikkausliiga season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]