KTP without Minkenen, Alekou, Salonen just like last week. Also top important midfielder McFaul has left the club, apparently to Indian league. Supposedly best striker Aalto starts from the bench. Last week' s home loss vs GrIFK was the first in charge for the ex-assistant manager Ossi Virta as the long-serving Ristilä got sacked. Virta does not have much to show from his CV, last season he managed to get SJK/2 relegated from Kakkonen, and there was a plenty of good material and that has to considered a failure.
EIF have a few missing players too, but all the most important ones are available.
This is a surprisingly big match for this early of the season, if KTP lose they will be in serious trouble for relegation and their goal was to return to Veikkausliiga. Rather safe to say it is not going to happen even if they win here today and narrow down the gap to the top.
With best possible lineups there would be no class difference, but KTP absentees, desperate coach change, leaving players, cash crisis, poor form and the crisis in general turn EIF here as clear favorites because they have a few individual players here who can win the match themselves even if there is not so clear domination to be found on the pitch. The situation at KTP looks actually similar to Inter Turku, except they KTP have also money problems to fight with.
We have gone against KTP also on previous rounds, this time their situation is again one step worse and they do deserve to be below the relegation line.
--------> EIF -0.5 @ 1.8 or more.
Weather is expected to be at least slightly rainy, but a few matches over the weekend got badly destroyed by heavy rain so we will see, and there is a .........
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