Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: November 03, 2023, 19:23 IST
ISL 2023-24: Bengaluru FC and Hyderabad FC (FSDL)
Hyderabad FC host Bengaluru FC on the Gachibowli Stadium within the Indian Super League.
Two former Indian Super League (ISL) champions will lock horns to kick off the Saturday doubleheader when Hyderabad FC host Bengaluru FC on the Gachibowli Stadium on November 4. The residence facet comes into this sport on the again of a 1-1 draw towards Mumbai City FC final weekend; whereas the Blues blew away a two-objective lead to face a 3-2 defeat to Odisha FC in Bhubaneswar.
Hyderabad FC have received every of their final 4 conferences with Bengaluru FC within the Indian Super League, which is their joint longest streak towards a single opponent in competitors historical past. Head coach Thangboi Singto will hope that this beneficial file helps them lastly safe their first win of the continuing ISL season.
What’s at stake?
Hyderabad FC
Singto could have damaged down why his workforce couldn’t capitalise on taking part in towards a 10-man Mumbai City FC unit for over 90 minutes of their final sport.
That sport handed them a implausible alternative to bag the elusive victory, however nonetheless a level from a robust away fixture ought to infuse sufficient confidence inside the setup to go a step forward to safe three factors from the approaching encounter.
Bengaluru FC
Bengaluru head coach Simon Grayson could have loads of considering to do after his facet couldn’t seal the sport after getting an early benefit within the final match. With 4 totally different objective-scorers, the Blues have proven that they will assault the opposition field by a number of gamers. However, it’s their backline that may require strengthening for the subsequent sport.
Key Players
Joe Knowles (Hyderabad FC)
Australian attacker Joseph Knowles has registered 4 pictures heading in the right direction, probably the most by any participant within the ISL this season with out discovering the again of the web. He created their equaliser towards the Islanders however it was finally deemed to be an personal objective by Tiri. Knowles shall be eager to lastly open his account with an impactful outing towards the Blues.
Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)
Sunil Chhetri has scored thrice and created 10 objective-scoring alternatives in his eight appearances towards Hyderabad FC. He has netted twice to this point on this marketing campaign and can eye a promising efficiency to convey Bengaluru again to successful methods on Saturday.
Head-to-Head
Played – 8
Hyderabad FC – 4
Bengaluru FC – 1
Draws – 3
Trivia: Hyderabad FC have scored the least objectives (2) amongst all groups in ISL 2023-24 to this point.
Team Talk
“In terms of results, are we the happiest team? Probably not. But, we are happy with the effort and the way the boys are digging and pushing for the equaliser (against Mumbai City FC). That is commendable because, we have been speaking about transition, new players coming in. For us, definitely playing against 10 men would have been easier, as everyone would believe, of course, you can win easily against them but that is not the easiest thing. Because, as a team when you are down with a player, you work hard, you run harder,” Hyderabad FC head coach Thangboi Singto defined within the pre-match press convention.
“We played very well, especially the first 30 minutes, we totally dominated the game, we scored two very good goals, and limited Odisha from having shots on target. After that, the first goal was a fantastic strike from them and then we made a couple of mistakes for the second and third goal and the sending off didn’t help. Overall, if you look at the performance, it’s probably the best we played in the whole season,” Bengaluru FC head coach Simon Grayson mirrored on Bengaluru’s outcome within the final sport.
