It is Derby Day in the Indian Super League as ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal square off behind closed doors in Goa. ATK Mohun Bagan are currently placed at eighth place in the league standings with sixteen points from the first ten games while SC East Bengal find themselves at the bottom of the league standings with just nine points from their first thirteen games. ATK Mohun Bagan come into the game on the back of a goalless draw with Odisha. The arrival of new head coach Juan Ferrando has stabilized the run of results for ATK Mohun Bagan and are expected to win. They are currently on a six-game unbeaten run and have won every single game against SC East Bengal. ATK Mohun Bagan is a merged entity between ATK and Mohun Bagan.
SC East Bengal come into the game on the back of a 4-0 defeat to Hyderabad in their previous Indian Super League. The Red and Golds have only won once in their last seventeen matches, which was a 2-1 victory over Goa in the game before the Hyderabad defeat. New head coach Mario Campesino has resulted in some minor improvements in the squad but the current difference in quality between the two Kolkata city rivals are too huge to enclose for SC East Bengal.
SC East Bengal are struggling to gain points in the current season and are unlikely to cause any trouble for the Mariners in the Derby. We are backing ATK Mohun Bagan to lead at both half time and full time.