Vodafone Ba is highly likely to miss the services of two key players when the Courts Homecentres IDC kicks off at Govind Park on Thursday.

Striker Josaia Bukalidi and defender Manueli Kalou are still nursing injuries and have until Tuesday to recover.

Bukalidi has not played for Ba since injuring himself in a pool match against Lautoka during the BOG while Kalou was injured in the World Cup qualifying round match against Vanuatu few weeks ago.

Ba soccer officials said that both players are on rehabilitation programmes at the moment and their chances of playing will be known after a medical test on Tuesday.

Ba's opening match next Thursday will be against Lautoka at 8:45pm.