ATK-Mohun Bagan returns to its house turf wanting so as to add one other win to its tally when it meets a struggling Jamshedpur FC on the Salt Lake Stadium on Thursday, within the opening encounter of match-week 10. The ATKMB efficiency graph is within the ascendance within the final two rounds the place it prevailed over the holder Hyderabad FC (house) and the previous champion Bengaluru FC (away).
The Mariners, on 16 factors from eight matches, can be eager so as to add extra to the tally because it meets Jamshedpur FC, the reigning league defend winner which ha sdropped to the tenth spot after shedding its earlier 5 matches.
The ATK Mohun Bagan coach Juan Ferrando most well-liked to be circumspect and termed his staff’s assembly with the Red Miners a “difficult” project. “Lately, their (Jamshedpur FC’s) performance has not exactly been the best, but this is the same team that went to Mumbai and held them to a draw. So it will be a difficult match tomorrow,” Ferrando stated.
Jamshedpur FC, which has only one win and a draw to its credit score within the final eight matches, could be desperately trying to finish the spate of losses that seem to finish its hope of retaining the defend. “We are in a rebuilding phase and are not winning many games. I feel we are coming out of the dip now and should start climbing up the table,” stated the Jamshedpur FC coach Aidy Boothroyd.
The Jamshedpur FC hopes of a restoration hinge on the supply of Eli Sabia, who can regain his place alongside Peter Hartley to unravel a lot of the staff’s defensive issues. What can be including to the staff spirit is the arrival of the brand new signing Rafael Crivellaro. The Brazilian attacking midfielder is predicted to offer a much-needed fillip to the Jamshedpur FC midfield and assault.
For the house facet, Ferrando can be hoping for his Australian ahead Dimitri Petratos to ship particularly after he scored the successful purpose towards Bengaluru FC to finish his five-match purpose drought. With the play-maker Joni Kauko absent with harm, ATK Bagan pins its hopes on the type of Frenchman Hugo Boumous and Petratos to maintain the staff’s assault going. With Manvir Singh additionally on the harm record, Ferrando can even be hoping to see Liston Colaco and Ashique Kuruniyan assuming extra duty upfront to understand the total quota of factors towards Jamshedpur FC.
