Fidgeting Kerala Blasters welcome dominating side Mohun Bagan Super Giant for a cracking battle at Kochi.
KBFC vs MBG Match Details
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Time: 19:30 (IST)
Venue: Kaloor Stadium, Kochi
KBFC vs MBG Match Preview
Kerala Blasters return to Kanteerava a day before the walkout incident last year was an unpleasant one as they lost to Bengaluru FC with the same 1-0 margin. Their winless streak at the ground compounded to their sixth ISL loss of the campaign with four of them coming this year. The gap with the top spot stands at 10 points at the moment with the Tuskers now more concerned about improving their form to qualify for the playoffs instead. They need five more points from the remaining five games to cement a top-six spot. However, the challenge only gets bigger for the fifth-place side as they welcome the free-flowing Mohun Bagan Super Giant team at home. Even though the Blasters lost just once in Kochi and beat the Mariners for the first time in the reverse fixture, also the last team to stop them this season, the scenario will be completely different this time. Their motivation will be the electrifying atmosphere that helped them make a stunning comeback from two goals down against FC Goa in the last home match.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant provided another statement in the Shield race by claiming a 3-1 win over their noisy rivals East Bengal. As always the man for the big occasion, Dimitri Petratos provided two assists for Jason Cummings and Liston Colaco before converting a penalty to go 3-0 up at half-time. The win also required goalkeeper Vishal Kaith to save a penalty from Cleiton Silva with the score at 0-0 and denying a header from the same player in the second half when East Bengal threatened to stage a comeback after getting a goal back. Mohun Bagan go top of the table momentarily maintaining their unbeaten run in the derby and still not losing a league match this year. With the target now solely to win the Shield, the Green and Maroons will hope their focus remains intact in the remnaining matches starting with a revenge-seeking match against Kerala Blasters. Habas’ side had few days to recover compared to their opposition but no excuse will be enough if the Mariners failed to take all three points from Kochi having taken a huge 5-2 victory last time.
KBFC vs MBG Recent Form
KBFC: LLLWL
MBG: WWDWW
KBFC vs MBG Predicted Lineups
Kerala Blasters
Karanjit Singh; Pritam Kotal, Ruivah Hormipam, Milos Drincic, Huidrom Singh; Mohammed Aimen, Vibin Mohanan, Danish Farooq, Daisuke Sakai; Fedor Cernych, Dimitrios Diamantakos
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Vishal Kaith; Anwar Ali, Hector Yuste, Subhasish Bose; Deepak Tangri; Manvir Singh, Joni Kauko, Sahal Samad, Liston Colaco; Jason Cummings, Dimitri Petratos
KBFC vs MBG Head to Head
Played - 7
KBFC won - 1
Drawn - 1
MBG won - 6
KBFC vs MBG Dream11 Match Prediction
Despite Kerala Blasters' superior home record, Mohun Bagan Super Giant could have the edge in the clash possessing the best away record in the league this season.
KBFC vs MBG Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Dimitri Petratos
Vice-captain Pick: Jason Cummings
Others: Dimitrios Diamantakos, Liston Colaco
Our top pick for the KBFC vs MBG Dream11 team is Dimitri Petratos who has scored eight goals and provided two assists in 15 ISL matches this season.
KBFC vs MBG Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Kaith (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 449)
DEF: Pritam (Cr - 8, Pts - 342), Drincic (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 455), Bose (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 549)
MID: Manvir (Cr - 8, Pts - 512), Sahal (Cr - 8, Pts - 400), Farooq (Cr - 8, Pts - 346), Colaco (Cr - 9, Pts - 525)
FW: Cummings (Cr - 9, Pts - 645), Diamantakos (Cr - 9, Pts - 731), Petratos (Cr - 9, Pts - 622)
Vice-captain: Jason Cummings
Captain: Dimitri Petratos
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