Two-time champion’s Chennaiyin FC will be hosting two-time champions ATK at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, with the hosts still looking for their first win of the new season.
Meanwhile, ATK bounced back in grand manner after a defeat to Kerala Blasters as they thumped Hyderabad FC 5-0 at home. Chennaiyin FC boss, John Gregory will be eager to turn the tables in the coming hours.
Match Details
Date- Wednesday, October 30 | Kick-Off- 7:30 PM (IST) | Venue- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Chennaiyin FC
The only long term absentee for Chennaiyin FC is Jeje Lalpekhula. With Chennaiyin unable to score goals for quite a while now, Nerijus Valskis could get the nod over Andre Schembri just to change the dynamics of the team.
Chhangte, Crivellaro and Firtulescu should feature in the creative setup, whereas Saba, Golan, Vasnapaul and Singh did a decent job in defence to keep a clean sheet against Mumbai City. Anirudh Thapa and Ganesh could feature in as holding midfielders.
ATK
Head coach, Antonio Lopez Habas won’t look to shuffle his team much after a comprehensive 5-0 win over Hyderabad. Although, Michael Soosairaj could be made to play in a much-advanced position this time around. David Williams and Roy Krishna will once again lead the attack, while, Hernandez, Das, McHugh formulate the midfield. Kotal, Agus and Edathoki should be persisted as the back three with Amit Bhattacharya in guard of goal.
Though Edu Garcia came off the bench to score a brace in the drying minutes, Krishna and Williams are likely to in the starting eleven.
Predicted Lineups
Chennaiyin FC: Vishal Kaith, Edwin Sydney Vanspaul, Eli Sabia, Lucian Goian, Tondonba Singh, Dhanpal Ganesh, Anirudh Thapa, Dragos Firtulescu, Rafael Crivellaro, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Nerijus Valskis
ATK: Arindam Bhattacharya, Pritam Kotal, Agus Garcia, Anas Edathodika, Prabir Das, Michael Soosairaj, Carl McHugh, Jayesh Rane, Javi Hernandez, David Williams, Roy Krishna
Head-to-head
Out of the 13 games played between the two sides, it’s ATK who has the bigger say through five wins in contrast to Chennayin’s three wins. Four games have ended on level terms during that period.
Top Picks
David Williams has two goals to his tally from two games and could be expected to make an impact yet again. Edu Garcia with two goals off the bench in the last game could be used as a super sub.
Carl McHugh has also got his name on the scoresheet once this season and has made 82 successful passes in two games which is the most by any ATK player this season.
Pritam Kotal has the highest number of tackles and interceptions in defence for ATK in the first two games.
For Chennai, Lallianzuala Chhangte has made the most number of successful passes for his side (77).
Lucian Goian with seven successful interceptions for Chennaiyin has been one of the standout players in defence.
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Goalkeeper- V Kaith
Defenders- E Sabia, L Goian, P Kotal, A Edathodika
Midfielders- R Crivellaro, M Soosairaj, C McHugh
Forwards- D Williams, R Krishna, N Valskis