First "easy" game for league 2nd favourites KuPS so far.

They lost their opener v Inter away, but they had suffered big injury blows just ahead of the game. They held on to 0-0 twice with top candidates HJK, the other match being cup final which they won after penalties, and played a long spell with one man down. Last Tuesday they visited Lahti with a heavily rotated side, and came back as comfortable winners, the Lahti red card came late and had no impact on result.

So today they are home and have audience allowed in which is a huge boost, most of the players are rested, the regular top keeper Virtanen returns which is good as the 2nd choice Kredl played a horrible game.

Only guaranteed absentee at KuPS is long-term winger Saku Savolainen, but he has already been replaced by a classy player Uzo.

All is good in Kuopio camp, and they will welcome the MIFK side who once more have a two-day travel one way from their isolated island.

The visiting MIFK side was expected to b somewhere at 6-10th in the league, but surprisingly they have started with 2 wins.

The opener vs Honka away was on a unplayable natural grass and the luckier team won the very low chances game, one of the goals was especially ridiculous. A good result, but not much to rely on just yet.On 2nd round MIFK hosted the very weak and promoted AC Oulu side, who were destroyed early on in the game, but who finally created 14 shots v their hosts! It does not flattr the home defense.

MIFK is strpgly changed since last season. The classy keeper Forsman continues, in the defense they have one decent cb Buwalda but the other one Franklin Okoye is a hazard, and he has experience from KuPS reserves from where he was let go. The full-backs Sumusalo and Mäenpää are regular class for this league, but Mäenpää is injured and tough to replace as the bench is short. KuPS -loanee Nissinen is unavailable for this game! In midfield the center is manned by experienced Abukari who comes from Allsvenskan, but there is a reason he has left the better league, it is age and speed. The wingers Tamminen, Sjöroos and Mattson are nothing special. Upfront there is a big name available, also from Allsvenskan Kennedy Igboanike, but is similarly out of form like Abukari. Behind the striker there could be young Mastokangas and/or Paul Tendeng, whose best days in this league were about 5 years ago.

All in all, the names are better than current form, the bench is short, and the defense is leaky, the coach is inexperienced, and the team will not handle the KuPS pressure at all.

To win the handicap is naturally not given, but I give it some 40% likelihood today.

3-0

库普斯在客场对国际的比赛中输掉了首场比赛，但在比赛前他们遭受了严重的伤病打击。他们两次0-0战平HJK，另一场比赛是杯赛决赛，他们在点球后获胜，打了很长一段时间，还少打一人。上周二，他们在拉赫蒂进行了大面积轮换，并轻松获胜，那场比赛的红牌来得晚，没有影响比赛结果。

所以今天他们回到了主场，观众们都可以观看比赛，这是一个巨大的鼓舞，大部分球员都休息好了，主力门将维尔塔宁回来了，作为第二选择的克雷德尔打了一场可怕的比赛。

唯一确定缺阵的是长期的边锋萨库·萨沃莱宁，但是他已经被优秀的球员乌佐取代。

库普斯一切都很好，他们将欢迎玛丽港，玛丽港将再次从他们的孤岛出发，进行为期两天的单程旅行。

客队玛丽港原本预计在会在联赛中排名6-10，但令人惊讶的是他们以两场胜利开局。

揭幕战对阵洪卡是一场不可思议的比赛，幸运的球队赢得了这场胜率很低的比赛，其中一个进球特别可笑。这是一个不错的结果，但目前还不太可靠。在第二轮，玛丽港主场迎战非常弱的AC奥卢队，玛丽港在比赛中创造了14次射门!但是玛丽港防守质量很差。

自上个赛季以来，玛丽港已经完全改变了。守门员福斯曼表现稳定，在防线上他们有一个不错的布瓦尔达，但是另一个富兰克林·奥科耶是个危险人物，他的表现不稳定。边后卫苏穆萨洛和马恩博是不俗，但是马恩博受伤了，由于替补名额不够，很难被替代。租借的尼西宁不能参加这场比赛!中场由阿布卡里坐镇，但他离开更高级别的联赛是有原因的，那就是年龄和速度。边锋塔米宁，舍罗斯和马特森没什么特别的。前场有几位实力出众的球员，肯尼迪·伊布亚尼克，但阿布卡里。状态不佳。在这名前锋的背后可能是年轻的马斯托坎加斯和/或保罗滕登，后者这个联盟的巅峰时期大约是5年前。

总而言之，玛丽港现在的阵容不如之前，替补阵容不足，防守漏洞百出，教练缺乏经验，球队根本无法应对压力。

玛丽港应该能获胜，但想要大胜很难。