Bengaluru FC, winless in its final 5 outings, will hope that its star strikers get on the scoresheet towards Chennaiyin.
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Bengaluru FC (BFC) and Chennaiyin FC want a turnaround in fortunes. A conflict on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium right here on Wednesday will be seen by the southern rivals as an opportunity to kick their struggling Indian Super League (ISL) campaigns into gear.
BFC, eleventh on the desk with 11 factors, has gone winless in its final 5 outings (together with three Super Cup ties). Chennaiyin, in ninth spot, is barely marginally higher positioned.
The sides will take coronary heart {that a} top-six spot — the factors to make it to the playoff spherical — is just not far-off. Three factors right here on Wednesday will do the trick.
“Jamshedpur were at the bottom of the table at half-time against Mumbai, and when the game finished they moved to sixth position,” BFC’s Gerard Zaragoza stated on Tuesday, referring to Jamshedpur’s 3-2 win over Mumbai City on Sunday.
BFC will hope that new signing Oliver Drost can hit the bottom working. The Danish striker may have a right away impression, on condition that BFC has solely managed to attain 13 targets in as many matches.
Chennaiyin should shake off any rustiness that comes from a two-week break. Forward Ninthoinganba Meetei, who has discovered the online twice and created 9 goal-scoring alternatives in ISL 2023-24, allayed fears when he acknowledged that the gamers have labored onerous on their ending abilities through the break.
Concerns in the Chennaiyin defence, having conceded 22 targets in 12 matches, have to be addressed.
