AIFF Media Team

KOLKATA: Winless Mohun Bagan will be looking for their first win of the Airtel I-League when they host Sporting Clube de Goa at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday (October 19 2013).

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Mohun Bagan have registered only two draws in their first three matches but all of them were away fixtures so the green-and-maroon brigade would be aiming to make the most of their home comforts and record all three points in this clash.

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The Kolkata giants suffered their first defeat of the season in the last round as they were beaten 2-0 by Pune FC. Nigerian central defender Echezona Anyichie was sent off in that match and thus will be ruled out of this encounter.

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That only increases the selection problems of their Moroccan coach Karim Bencherifa as he is already without captain and talisman Odafa Okolie, who has suffered a setback in his recovery from injury and thus may remains unavailable for this match also.

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However Bencherifa, who won the I-League with Salgaocar in 2010-11 despite having a modest squad, remains upbeat and is looking forward to the match.

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“We have a lot of new players in the squad this time and are missing some important ones for this match but we are focused on getting the right result against Sporting Clube,” Bencherifa was quoted saying.

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While ten-man Mohun Bagan went down against Pune last week, Sporting Clube enjoyed a breather as they were not in action and thus will be playing their first Airtel I-League fixture in two weeks.

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Their Spanish coach Oscar Bruzon would be hoping to build on that hard-fought 1-0 win away at Shillong Lajong on round three by upsetting Mohun Bagan in the Goan club’s fourth straight away fixture of this campaign. They gathered four points from the previous three with the only defeat coming against Kolkata's United SC in round two.

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Experienced Nigerian midfielder Ogba Kalu Nnanna has been the key performer for the Flaming Oranje so far with two goals in as many appearances. But the whole squad must also be inspired by the loyalty and longevity of veteran wide midfielder Joseph Pereira, who has completed a decade at the club.

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Mohun Bagan did the double in this fixture last season, scoring eight and conceding only twice but it should be a much more even contest this time with both sides capable of scoring maximum points.