Kolkata : Bengals 2 giants, arch rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan Super Giants are set to lock horns on October 19 at Salt Lake Stadium.
In ISL 2024-25 , East Bengal started their campaign sluggishly, with losing 4 in 4 Matches.
After the last Match loss against Jamshedpur FC on October 5, head coach Carles Cuadrat stepped down. Oscar Bruzon replaced him and will be commencement of a new journey for the Red and Yellow brigade.
On other hand, Mohun Bagan Super Giants, the last season League Shield winner and runner up are at 4th position in ISL 2024-25 points table with 2 wins out of 4 Matches, defeating another of their Bengal rival Mohammedan FC 3-0 in previous encounter.
Head to Head :
East Bengal and Mohun Bagan have faced each other 399 times, with East Bengal leading the chart, clinching 142 wins compared to Mohun Bagan’s 130 wins.
However, ISL gives a complete different story as Mohun Bagan are undefeated in 8 ISL encounters. The last time they faced each other in ISL was in March 10, 2024 , with Mohun Bagan winning 3-1 against the Red and Yellow brigade.
Venue :
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Time :
7:30 pm IST
Squads :
Mohun Bagan Super Giants squad :
Goalkeepers : Arsh Anwer Shaikh, Dheeraj Singh, Moirangthem, Vishal Kaith,
Defenders : Alberto Rodriguez, Amandeep Bhan, Asish Ray, Dippendu Biswas, Saurabh Bhanwala, Subhasish Bose (c), Sumit Rathi, Thomas Aldred
Forwards : Dimitrios Petratos, Jamie Maclaren, Jason Cummings, Suhail Bhat
Defenders : Abhishek Suryavanshi, Anirudh Thapa, Deepak Tangri, Glan Martins, Greg Stewart, Lalengmawia Ralte, Liston Colaco, Manvir Singh, Ashique Kuruniyan, Sahal Abdul Samad
East Bengal squad :
Goalkeepers : Debjit Majumder, K.A Kasim, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill
Defenders : Anwar Ali, Gursimrat Singh, Hector Yuste, Hijazi Abu Saeed, Lal Chungnunga, Mark Zothanpuia, Mohamad Rakip, Provat Lakra
Forwards : Cleiton Silva (c), David Lalhlansanga, Dimitrios Diamantakos, Jesin Thonikkara
Midfielders : Aman Chama, Jeakson Singh, Madih Talal, Naorem Singh, Nandhakumar Sekar, Saul Krespo, Sayan Banerjee, Shyamal Besra , Souvik Chakrabarti, Tanmay Das, Vishnu Puthiya
It will be interesting to see how Anwar Ali who’ve played for both teams perform in the derby. How Subhasish Bose and his fellow defenders with likes of Alberto, youngster Dippendu Biswas, Aldred can stop East Bengal skipper Cleiton Silva and his company.
It will be a battle to watch out for to see whether Petratos, Cummings, Maclaren, Sahal Abdul Samad, Colaco , Thapa can breach East Bengal’s defense of Anwar Ali & Yuste, who’ve been part of Mohun Bagan previously, along with others.
