be a strong contender if their defence clicks they have no threat of injury and with a strong tactical approach the late entrants to the isl have their eyes fixed on the title and they will look to have the last laugh threat fatigue may tire them out not used to the humid conditions at home chennaiyin face the challenge of quickly adapting to conditions that do not favour most of their stars also the absence of a local talent in the team could ruin their prospects at home mumbai city fcstrength mumbai city fc have the best domestic players subrata paul lalrindika ralte and syed rahim nabi automatically select themselves and can walk into any squad with subrata likely to be the only indian goalkeeper to start a game coach peter reid will be delighted he can use six foreign outfield players while others will only have five weakness missing the suspended nicolas anelka for three games could peg them back especially since recoveries in a since recoveries in a tight competitions is never easy if ljungberg does not recover quickly from his injury mumbai city may have their hands full opportunity a strong mumbai city team provides the opportunity to shine at the national level after mahindra uniteds folded up threat mumbai city are favourites not surprising since they have spent heavily but with rising expectations atletico de kolkatastrength a monthlong preseason at atletico madrids facility in spain should make atk the most battleready side the fact that their chief coach physical trainer and six foreign players are spanish ensures that understanding and coordination in the team will be top notch weakness on paper the indian contingent does not look as impressive as other franchisees the strike force isnt too powerful either opportunity having trained at salt lake stadium for almost a fortnight atk shouldnt have much problem playing their matches on the artificial turf while their 7 rivals wont have much time to adjust to this surface threat the expectations from the passionate fans of this footballcrazy city will be sky high so in the event of luis garcia co failing to deliver they might just turn their backs and stay away