Mohun Bagan needs to win against Bengaluru FC to stay alive in the Shield race as they make the trip to Kanteerava on Thursday.
BEN vs MBG Match Details
Date: Thursday, 11 April 2024
Time: 19:30 (IST)
Venue: Sri Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
BEN vs MBG Match Preview
Bengaluru FC’s playoff hopes ended after they suffered a 2-1 loss to fellow top-six chasers East Bengal in their last away game of the season with Chennaiyin FC also beating NorthEast United a day later. Even if the Blues win their final match against Mohun Bagan Super Giant, they will still have a two-point deficit with the sixth spot. Despite beginning strongly at Salt Lake, Gerard Zaragoza’s side went behind from a cheap penalty conceded in the 20th minute. Even after skipper Sunil Chhetri levelled it from the spot in the second half, the home side found the winner eventually to extend the winless streak of the Blues to three games. Bengaluru will wish to finish the season strongly at least but face a strong Green and Maroon brigade that is in the run for the ISL Shield. Having also won just once in this fixture in the ISL and the same in Kanteerava in overall meetings, this is set to be tough for them although playing freely.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant laboured to a 1-0 victory over Punjab FC at Delhi to stay in touch with the top spot and bounce back from their shock defeat against Chennaiyin FC. The goal for the Mariners minutes before half-time had a touch of fortune with Subhasish Bose’s way-would strike hitting Jason Cummings and falling kindly for Dimitri Petratos to hit with a spectacular volley from the outside of his boot. Punjab could have easily made life uncomfortable for the visitors with some near-misses but they stood firm to get the result. Missing head coach Antonio Habas for the third straight match due to his continuous illness, Bagan will play another away match this time in Kanteerava. They need a win to take the Shield decider to the final league game of the season against Mumbai City at home next week. Anything less than that will allow the Islanders to defend their crown successfully.
BEN vs MBG Recent Form
BEN: WWLDL
MBG: WWWLW
BEN vs MBG Predicted Lineups
Bengaluru FC
Gurpreet Singh; Nikhil Poojary, Shankar Sampingiraj, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Roshan Singh; Keziah Veendorp; Lalremtluanga Fanai, Javi Hernandez, Suresh Wangjam; Oliver Drost, Sunil
Chhetri
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Vishal Kaith; Anwar Ali, Hector Yuste, Subhasish Bose; Manvir Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Abhishek Suryavanshi, Liston Colaco; Joni Kauko; Jason Cummings, Dimitri Petratos
BEN vs MBG Head-to-head (all competitions)
Played - 23
BEN won - 5
Drawn - 7
MBG won - 11
BEN vs MBG Head-to-head (ISL)
Played - 8
BEN won - 1
Drawn - 2
MBG won - 5
BEN vs MBG Dream11 Match Prediction
Mohun Bagan should get the win against Bengaluru FC who have nothing to play for. We predict a 2-0 victory for the Mariners.
BEN vs MBG Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Dimitri Petratos
Vice-captain Pick: Manvir Singh
Our top pick for BEN vs MBG Dream11 is Dimitri Petratos with 10 goals in 18 matches in ISL this season with seven goals in this year itself.
BEN vs MBG Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Gurpreet (Cr - 9, Pts - 581)
DEF: Poojary (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 347), Roshan (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 490), Bose (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 653)
MID: Manvir (Cr - 8, Pts - 611), Javi (Cr - 9, Pts - 637), Kauko (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 306), Colaco (Cr - 9, Pts - 585)
FW: Cummings (Cr - 9, Pts - 715), Chhetri (Cr - 9, Pts - 535), Petratos (Cr - 9, Pts - 907)
Vice-captain: Manvir Singh
Captain: Dimitri Petratos
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