Bengaluru FC will look to upset Jamshedpur FC’s Applecart and accelerate their playoff aspirations when they take on the Hero Indian Super League at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Saturday. Jamshedpur have won their last three matches in two weeks and are in second place, four points behind league leaders Hyderabad FC, but have two more games to go. A win will help them go on Hyderabad’s heels, but in Bengaluru, they will face an opponent who has got his mojo back. The Blues won back-to-back games for the first time this season when they defeated Kerala Blasters in the previous game and finished in the top-four for the first time. He has 20 points from 14 matches.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who celebrated his birthday on Thursday, looked to be his usual target for the former champions with Bengaluru keeping four clean sheets in the last seven matches. Three of those four clean sheets have come in the last four matches. He has scored only one goal in that period. They have become more compact of late. He has given more preference to the ball to the opposition in the last 4 matches and this can be seen from the numbers he has possessed.
Roshan Singh Nourem scored his first hero ISL goal in the last game and is looking good this season as well. Only three defenders have contributed more goals in a season than Roshan Singh, underlining his influence not only on the back but also in the attack.
“Jamshedpur are a physical team, they have a new player in (Daniel) Cheema who brings a lot of pace, and can score a lot of goals. Our last game was a good, tough game, but I think we did a little bit more than that that night,” Blues head coach Marco Pezzauloli said in a pre-match press conference when asked about Jamshedpur.
“I think it will definitely be a tough game, but now after the quarantine, we have played three games in seven days. We are still not back to our best, state of the art and we want to work towards that.”
For Jamshedpur, their rock-solid defense is one of the main reasons for their success. The Men of Steel kept a clean sheet in their last two games and scored only four goals in their last six games after shipping eight in their first five matches.
Daniel Cheema Chuku made his debut since the jump from SC East Bengal and head coach Owen Coyle was expected to keep firing.
“He is here because of his qualities. He is a brilliant footballer and has won leagues at a very high level. He has played in some tough leagues. He has shown what a good player he is. He is a great addition,” said Cuckoo. he said.
“We know the quality that we have. All we want to do is look at the work. We have a chance to score points and we want to continue the winning streak.”
The last time the two sides met, it was a goalless draw, but this time with more stakes, it promises to be a battle to look forward to.
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