League chief Mohun Bagan Tremendous Large holds all of the aces because it takes on Chennaiyin FC in an Indian Tremendous League match on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Tuesday.
The Bagan forwards — led by Jamie Maclaren — will give a stern check to Chennaiyin, which squandered two-goal leads in its final two video games.
Gaffer Owen Coyle’s one-match suspension has solely added to CFC’s distress.
“We’ve not had a settled defence most of this season. You wouldn’t wish to change the defence throughout 100 minutes as a result of as soon as the opposition scores one aim, they’re raring to go for one more,” CFC assistant coach Noel Wilson mentioned within the pre-match press convention.
After 16 video games every, Bagan has a six-point lead on the high of the desk (36 factors) whereas CFC lies tenth (17).
The customer, too, had a blip in its final outing because it stumbled to a 1-1 draw towards Jamshedpur FC on a day that noticed the MBSG attackers not with the ability to capitalise on their probabilities.
Head coach Jose Molina, nonetheless, was assured his boys might flip issues round shortly. “I might be frightened if my attackers didn’t have probabilities to attain. However, that’s not the scenario. I’m certain that the targets will come,” Molina mentioned.
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