The determined Mohun Bagan will face jubilant North East United on Saturday evening at Kolkata. Both teams having secure three points in their last outing looking fresh and confident. Mohun Bagan outclassed North East in their previous encounter at Guwahati but with the Introduction of their newly recruited centre forward Juric, North East looking sharp in their upfront after the break.
This is the third game within a span of 7 days for Mohun Bagan and they might altered their side with the introduction of Kiyan and Liston in the playing XI. The team displayed a strong performance in Goa to secure full three points and their forward Dimi Petratos in top of his form. Mohun Bagan also look solid in their defence with back to back cleansheets which happened first time in this year ISL. The team displayed strong discipline in defence now they need to show the same ability on Saturday. There is still no solid confirmation on availibility of Anwar and Hamill for the next match. It looks like they are going to field the same combination in defence as the previous game.
North East on the other hand are looking to secure the top 6 spots they are currently with 16 points in 14 games and just behind Jamahedpur who are in 6th position with 17 points but played 2 more game than North East United. Their newly recruit Juric has already opened his acoount in ISL and the 2 strike from which he scored twice against East Bengal, secured the full three points for his team. But they are still vulranable in their defence and very much concern about their goalkeeper Mirshad and his continous mistakes which cost them in cruicial matches. They also have a rookie called Parthib Gogoi who already banged some fine goals in previous matches and could be a key player in upfront along with Jitin MS who created troubles for defenders through his speed.
The match going to be a open one as North East displayed very much attacking mindset in their previous games and Mohun Bagan looking to capitalize the loofall of North East Defence from the wings. Mohun Bagan coach previoisly said that they will plan the progress in match by match but if they could secure the three points they will be in touching distance with Odisha and stand in 2nd spot of the table. Let us all see the outcome of tomorrow’s game.
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NorthEast United 1 – 3 Mohun Bagan (Dec 15, 2023, Indian Super League)
Kick off Time: 5:00PM(IST)
Live telecast/streaming: JioCinema, Sports18 3, DD Bangla, OneFootball(International)
Venue: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.
