Advantage Jaro in relegation battle as they beat TPS and Mariehamn only draw

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/jaro-faEPan8O/tps-dM4FE3tT/?mid=p2tWinHG"]TPS 0-1 Jaro[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jaro/faEPan8O/"]Jaro[/a] came into this match without a win in eight games, but they chose the ideal time to pick up a first three-point haul since July by winning in Turku against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tps/dM4FE3tT/"]TPS[/a], a result that took them off the bottom of the table and into the relegation play-off place.[/p][p]The only goal of the game came just after the hour mark, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vuorinen-ville/pxtCiUpg/"]Ville Vuorinen[/a] won a battle for possession near the corner flag, cut infield and r[b]olled the ball across for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/myrevik-jim/pYhsde3E/"]Jim Myrevik[/a] to guide into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muzaci-albijon/AmxoXGqd/"]Albijon Muzaci[/a] was particularly wasteful as TPS let a whole host of big chances go begging across the 90 minutes, as if any more proof was needed that the day belonged to Jaro, who went three points clear of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mariehamn/C8bOhcyj/"]Mariehamn[/a] ahead of the Aland islanders' match. TPS sit ninth having lost three in a row.[/p][embed guid="87adaa92-f000-4e63-9098-bc01631dd94a" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2108956988831133989" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ilves-pYGmWmwa/mariehamn-C8bOhcyj/?mid=IFvvjQoT"]Mariehamn 1-1 Ilves[/a][/b][/p][p]Mariehamn cut the gap to Jaro to two points with a draw at home to Ilves, keeping them bottom of the standings, but simplifying the task ahead of them on the final day: beat Jaro to avoid automatic relegation.[/p][p]The home side were on the verge of having to worry about goal difference or even goals scored on the final day when[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hytonen-teemu/S0H1AjT1/"]Teemu Hytonen[/a] struck to put Ilves ahead[/b] with just over 20 minutes to go, but six minutes from time Mariehamn rescued a point when the ball was worked wide to [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/richtner-ludvig/UVt2oKKo/"]Ludvig Richtner[/a] on the right, and he pulled it across for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jakobsen-thomas/2JAW4QMi/"]Thomas Jakobsen[/a] to fire home[/b] from six yards out.[/p][p]That meant eighth-placed Ilves were unable to make it four wins in a row, but more importantly for the relegation fight Mariehamn are now winless in two, wheras Jaro are three unbeaten.[/p][embed guid="96da1e51-c713-479e-b061-f35c12625296" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2108984379825615026" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the finale to the Veikkausliiga relegation battle on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]