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These two teams already met 6 times this season. Vakif won 5 times, while Eczacibasi won at the start of the season, at Club WC. This is Game 1 of the series for spot 3. It's a very important one because the thord best team in the Turkish championship is set to CL next season. Eczacibasi won just one set in the last 3 matches these teams played. The last time they met was in Italy, in CL semis, 6 days ago. Vakif won in straight sets (25-20, 26-24 and 25-22). Unlike that match, this one will not be played on neutral grounds. Eczacibasi are the home team here but this is the arena in which Vakif played as the home team both this and previous seasons. Unlike in the CL, three forign players can be in the game at the same time. Vakif have 4 of those, Eczacibasi 6- We can expect Vakif to start without Hill. In that case, team captain Sonsirma is to start. On the other hand, their opponents will have to be without two foreigners who played the CL semifinals. Vakif are in great atmosphere after winning the CL. Their confidence is high, we can say they used less energy at the Final Four because their opponents played longer for spot 3 than they did in the final. Matches that are relevant for this are those from the championship. Vakif won both of those, the last one mid-February in straight sets (25-13, 25-20, 25-23). Judging by what we saw last week, Vakifbank are in a far better form, they should be even better today. The atmosphere on the team is better, confidence as well, they have Zhu Ting, who was the MVP of CL FF. She should make the difference in this game. I think the win for Vakif should not be at over 1,60. Guidetti is a winning coach and he will not lose this.