Gnistan earn breathing space in race for Europe as Mariehamn move off the bottom

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ac-oulu-Y35Jer59/gnistan-Aa28K98n/?mid=KS8R5aN8"]AC Oulu 1-2 Gnistan[/a][/b][/p][p]Gnistan moved level on points with neighbours [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hjk/nmjJVR7B/"]HJK[/a] by beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-oulu/Y35Jer59/"]AC Oulu[/a] and ending a run of successive draws, leaving the home side six points adrift of the final European place as their form continues to desert them.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ylatupa-saku/xYlxu0o0/"]Saku Ylatupa[/a]'s deflected cross from the left put the visitors ahead[/b] with the hour mark approaching, and though [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paananen-julius/CMrn51h7/"]Julius Paanenen[/a] struck Oulu level[/b] 15 minutes from time and just four minutes after coming on, Gnistan won themselves a penalty with eight minutes to go, and [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eremenko-roman/C0k77X1T/"]Roman Eremenko[/a] stepped up to take all three points[/b] as the Helsinki side go unbeaten in six. For Oulu it's now just one win in their last six.[/p][embed guid="5455b3f3-0ace-4996-8fc1-6900034ef4e3" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2098832233255629131" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mariehamn-C8bOhcyj/tps-dM4FE3tT/?mid=dOIBawJP"]Mariehamn 1-0 TPS[/a][/b][/p][p]For the first time since the seventh round of the season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mariehamn/C8bOhcyj/"]Mariehamn[/a] are not bottom of the table as their great-escape attempt got back on track with a win at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tps/dM4FE3tT/"]TPS[/a]. Teenager [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergvik-arvid/fe7IJI4m/"]Arvid Bergvik[/a] was on hand to tap in his first league goal in the seventh minute after the goalkeeper flapped at a low cross[/b], and that was all the hosts needed to register their fourth win of the season - and fourth in five matches after losing to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lahti/pn1BFqRM/"]Lahti[/a] last time out. TPS are winless in four but are safe and have nothing to play for.[/p][embed guid="498ffef3-e168-4ded-bcb4-a6aa035440aa" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2098787491289452823" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/jaro-faEPan8O/sjk-hj3ima3I/?mid=S69sfHtm"]Jaro 1-1 SJK[/a][/b][/p][p]Mariehamn have climbed to 11th and gone a point clear of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jaro/faEPan8O/"]Jaro[/a], despite the Jakobstad side finally ending their six-game losing run against SJK, who drew for a third match in a row, meaning they sit four points above the drop. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vuorinen-ville/pxtCiUpg/"]Ville Vuorinen[/a] put Jaro in front[/b] in the first half, but they were denied a rare win 20 minutes from time when[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mastokangas-elias/4GUynsrc/"]Elias Mastokangas[/a] drew the away side level.[/b][/p][embed guid="cdb899d9-acd5-497a-a5c6-0d105df49884" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2098815046390296854" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ilves-pYGmWmwa/lahti-pn1BFqRM/?mid=0K7kheBa"]Ilves 3-1 Lahti[/a][/b][/p][p]In a meeting of two sides who are already safe, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves/pYGmWmwa/"]Ilves[/a] won for the second week in a row and ended Lahti's three-match winning streak in the process. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dantas/basz6JO7/"]Nicolas Gianini Dantas[/a]' own goal[/b] had the Tampere side ahead, and though [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martim-augusto/zkumnKlr/"]Martim Augusto[/a] drew the away side level, a penalty from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hytonen-teemu/S0H1AjT1/"]Teemu Hytonen[/a][/b] and an [b]added-time strike from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baranov-stanislav/befybO1N/"]Stanislav Baranov[/a][/b] secured the points for the Lynx.[/p][embed guid="21ecae1e-351a-4eff-8b4b-f0047c256041" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2098837372901212614" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the run in to the Veikkausliiga season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]