Inter Turku go top on Veikkausliiga's return despite no way past Gnistan

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/gnistan-Aa28K98n/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/?mid=zuJv0Ujm"]Gnistan 0-0 Inter Turku[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kups/nLBbqJDS/"]KuPS[/a] led the standings on goal difference as domestic action took a pause in late September, and the business end of the season began with Inter Turku going a point clear at the top, though it will feel like a missed opportunity, as their two-game winning run came to a close.[/p][p]Things could have been so different had [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conteh-alie/xryT2cjo/"]Alie Conteh[/a]'s header[/b] in the first five minutes travelled slightly to the left and not [b]struck the post[/b], though FC Inter also survived an early scare when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/huuhtanen-eetu/vooN3FM0/"]Eetu Huuhtanen[/a] had to smother [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/atarah-artur/bitszLJG/"]Artur Atarah[/a]'s strike.[/p][embed guid="9b5a5999-eef9-445f-a632-fcb898a149f3" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2107902342632734812" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Conteh header set the tone, as both sides had a few near misses in a first half which lacked cutting edge, but ended with[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/virtanen-otso/SCbq89h7/"]Otso Virtanen[/a] making a tremendous stop at point-blank range to deny [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tuominen-jasse/OYjTjfKh/"]Jasse Tuominen[/a].[/b][/p][p]In the second half, Virtanen did well to react after Tuominen almost caught him out at the near post - and the same upright was living a charmed life when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/laine-lauri/jsZr40DD/"]Lauri Laine[/a]'s strike took a deflection and looped up and against the post.[/p][p]The point for Inter Turku gives KuPS the chance to go two points clear when they face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-oulu/Y35Jer59/"]AC Oulu[/a] on 8th October, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gnistan/Aa28K98n/"]Gnistan[/a] are now unbeaten in eight, though five of those have been draws, and they therefore remain in fourth and nine points behind the leaders.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the Veikkausliiga Championship Group on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]