BFC vs FCG Match Details
Date: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Time: 20:00 (IST)
Venue: Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
BFC vs FCG Match Preview
Starting the season with two losses away from home, the 2-1 victory against East Bengal after trailing in the first home game was welcoming for Bengaluru FC. The Blues also broke the jinx of losing this fixture at the Kanteerava and will hope to build on from here. Going behind within 15 minutes of the game, returning skipper Sunil Chhetri equalized from the penalty spot before Javi Hernandez’s acrobatic effort in the second half confirmed the victory. Although the issue of lacking creativity and passive midfield remains, the first win of the season will certainly be a reliving factor. Simon Grayson’s team's next game is against FC Goa who have won all of their games so far although have not won a single game at Kanteerava. Bengaluru FC wish to take positive from that record, with seven overall ISL wins in this meeting, to move into the top six of the league table.
FC Goa showed their elite mentality again by also beating East Bengal in the last game, coming back from behind as well for the second game running. It was Naorem Mahesh the goal-scorer again for the Red and Golds in the first half whose strike was overturned by Sandesh Jhingan and Victor Rodriguez’s goals in the space of a minute. The Gaurs maintained their 100% start to the season but their win was overshadowed by star player Noah Sadaoui’s injury in the warm-up with Brandon Fernandes also stretched off for a supposed elbow problem. While the latter is a doubt against the Blues, the Moroccan is definitely out of contention. FC Goa will be banking on their enormous depth to fill their places and get their first away victory in Bangalore. Manolo Marquez's side will go to the top of the table if that is the case with table toppers Mohun Bagan Super Giant in AFC Cup action.
BFC vs FCG Predicted Lineups
BFC: Gurpreet Singh; Namgyal Bhutia, Parag Srivas, Slavko Damjanovic, Jessel Carneiro; Javi Hernandez, Harsh Patre, Rohit Kumar, Rohit Danu; Sunil Chhetri, Ryan Williams
FCG: Arshdeep Singh; Seriton Fernandes, Odei Onaindia, Sandesh Jhingan, Jay Gupta; Carl McHugh, Raynier Fernandes; Udanta Singh, Victor Rodriguez, Brandon Fernandes; Carlos Martinez
BFC vs FCG Head-to-Head (ISL)
Played - 13
BFC won - 7
Drawn - 3
FCG won - 3
BFC vs FCG Dream11 Team Prediction
GK: A Singh (7.5)
DEF: Jhingan (8.5), Damjanovic (8.5), Parag (7.5)
MID: Javi (9), B Fernandes (8.5), McHugh (8.5), R Williams (8.5)
FW: Chhetri (9) C Martinez (8), Rodriguez (7)
Vice-captain: Javi Hernandez or C Martinez
Captain: Sunil Chhetri
