Mohun Bagan was beaten to Kingfisher East Bengal by 1-0.Lalrindika Ralte was the scorer for the local outfit in the 73rd minute of the match.There were lot of speculation regarding Bagan defence as their key defender Eche wouldn’t be able to play due to his suspension of card. But the Bagan’s desi boys have really performed gloriously and opponent’s star player were fail to beat them anyway. However, Bagan will another local outfit Mohammedan Sporting on 27th November, Thursday in the 10th round of I League.

This is the first time in the history of Kolkata Maidan. The coach, captains, managers of two arch rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal will meet the press together before Sunday Derby at the same time and same venue.

 Venue – Mohun Bagan Tent

Time  – Friday Afternoon.

Mohun Bagan gets past Barreto and Bhawanipore by 2-0. Shankar was foul in 45th min of 1st half , and Bagan was awarded a penalty. Denson converted that to a goal (1-0).
Shankar then did well to increase the margin

The I League match between Mohun Bagan and Shillong Lajong at Shillong was ended in a 1-1 draw. Shilton Paul was the saviour of the mariners today. At least saved 3 sure shot chance of goal of Lajong. It is needless to mention that as the last match, in this match Shilton is superb. Lajong’s foreign recruit Glen scored via penalty on 37th minute of the match. Eche fouled Glen on the box and was shown red card as he was booked earlier already. But two minutes later Zakeer scored the equalizer via long ranger. In the 45th minute of the match Jibon Singh of home team also got marching order from the field for the nasty foul on Katsumi. Bagan will next play the I League match against arch rival Kingfisher East Bengal on 24th November at Kolkata. But now Bagan will play couple of KPL matches so far. On the 17th November they will meet mighty United Sports in the KPL encounter.

McDwell Mohun Bagan will meet McDwell (actually Aircel is the principal sponsor) Shillong Lajong in the 8th Round of iLeague. Mohun Bagan has secured 9 points from 7 games this season while Shillong Lajong, who’s at number 6, one above Mohun Bagan , has 12 points from 8 games. Shillong Lajong officials have done a wonderful job this season – they have roped in Aircel, Kingfisher, McDwell as the sponsors, and Adidas is the kit sponsor. For online ticketing one can visit Kyazoonga.com

Lajong’s Brazilian striker Uilliams Silva is playing well and is creating panic in opponent boxes. His speed and power shots. Besides Lajong tends to get penalty shots in vital moments of the game – so Bagan, with defenders having track records of conceding penalty kicks , must be careful.

This is also a game of Thangboi Singto and Birendra Thapa – they will definitely try to prove their worth in this game- hence a tactical game is expected, particularly when Bagan is missing the services of Odafa and Eric.

Both Ralte and Vinay are doing well under the bar, and Sabeeth and Shankar will have to get past their abilities to score against Lajong. The Korean Minchol would have the responsibility to mark Katsumi – and Passan, Jibon will be assisting him. For Fanai – it is a challege as well – he definitely would like to get past his ex-club.

Haokip and Lalramluaha definitely would try to control the midfield along with the Jap Taisuke – and would get assistance from Milon , Ralte or JAcob.

Silva is expected to be there in the field along with Tuboi or Subhash – and if the coaching staff plans to rest Minchol, Silva can have Glen beside him instead.

Bagan midfield really need to work hard against Lajong since the opponent has not only the advantage of the altitude, but also have one of the most young and talented players with good sprint and fitness and the average age is around 26.

For Bagan – to be there in top 5, it is important to secure 3 points from this game – and the team is expected to play a counter attack based football against Lajong.

Bagan earned a hard fought 1 point against the mighty Dempo Sports Club at Goa in the I League encounter. A lot of speculation were passing for the team selection of Karim Bencharifa as two of the foreigners Yusa Katsumi ar Eric Muranda were not fully fit. But both the foreigners were in the first eleven and played well, specially Katsumi. Bagan played the tactical game but also got few chances, although the chances were not utilised by the Mariners. Dempo also got good chances but the defence of Bagan lead by Shilton Paul, the goalkeeper has really played well to earn the vital 1 point in this tough match. Bagan will now play in the next match against Shillong Lajong at Shillong.