Mohun Bagan is going to take Mumbai FC on their 6th encounter of the i-league 2010-11 at Salt Lake stadium, Kolkata. Before going into the inner edge of the preview let’s have a quick look at the previous encounters involving these two teams in the i-league.

 So far so good for the Mumbai outfits as far as the data sheet (given below)is concerned. Being in the early era of their history they have pulled some outstanding performances and again they have started this edition of i-league with such a fine way, especially after getting three consecutive victories in the opening rounds.  But the story has slightly changed after conceding a 1:5 defeat to Churchil. It seemed that the boys were unable to get rid of the “Odafa-lag” and succumbed to Dempo Sc, another contestant for the title.

 
Season
Date
Venue
Home Team
Score
Away Team
2008-09
27th Sept 2008
Barasat
Mohun Bagan
1:2
Mumbai FC
2008-09
23rd Jan 2009
Mumbai
Mumbai Fc
0:3
Mohun Bagan
2009-10
2nd Nov 2009
Barasat
Mohun Bagan
1:2
Mumbai FC
2009-10
28th May 2010
Mumbai
Mumbai Fc
2:0
Mohun Bagan
 
On the contrary Mohun Bagan had a very ordinary start to their campaign. Sharing points with Pune FC the three times title holders had a major setback as they went down to HAL at Kolkata. To add salt to this injury, Churchil came into the business and it was Odafa who scored the brace to make the return trip full of humiliation. Soon after the inclusion of Subhash Bhowmik as technical director, the team looked much more composed against Dempo Sc and bagged one point from the match. Taking JCT at their own soil, mariners came with a superb transformation and earned full three points by virtue of a solitary goal scored by Manish Maithani. Just to take a slight insight of the proceedings here goes the performances up to round 5.     
 
 
Performance of Mohun Bagan
Performance of Mumbai FC
1st Round
1:1 Draw with Pune FC at Pune
2:1 Victory over Air India at Mumbai
2nd Round
1:2 Defeat to HAL at Kolkata
2:0 Victory over Pune FC at Kolhapur
3rd Round
0:2 Defeat to Churchil at Goa
1:0 Victory over HAL at Kolhapur
4th Round
2:2 Draw with Dempo at Kolkata
1:5 Defeat to Churchil at Kolhapur
5th Round
1:0 Victory over JCT at Ludhiana
0:1 Defeat to Dempo at Goa
 
So where are the two teams right now? Can Mumbai Fc bring their cards to hold the rejuvenated mariners? How well the Barreto Muritala combination will compose to deny the absence of Ede Chidi? How well the defense will organize them to deny their opponents from scoring goals? To get all the answers one has to spend another one whole day. Before going to find your answer find few facts regarding these two teams:      
 
Mohun Bagan
Mumbai Fc
Current standing in the i-league
8th
4th
Match played
5
5
Matches won
1
3
Matches lost
2
2
Matches drawn
2
0
Goals scored
5
6
Goals conceded
7
7
Goal difference
-2
-1
Success rate at home
0% against Mumbai FC
50% against Mohun Bagan
Success rate at away
50% against Mumbai FC
100% against Mohun Bagan
 
The major area of concern for the mariners will be the second last row the table, the success rate at home. Till date Mohun Bagan hadn’t beat Mumbai FC at Kolkata in the i-league. There is a twist too. All the previous encounters referred to as home match against Mumbai FC was played at Barasat. Superstitions or anything, mariners will no longer bother to turn the tally in front of their fans at Salt Lake. 
Being the premier fan site of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club it’s our relevance towards the innumerable supporters of our beloved club to come and cheer for our passion. If you can’t don’t get upset, we will be there to provide the live updates of the match. SO BE A PROUD MARINER……….. 

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