Preview: Winless SC East Bengal face stern Jamshedpur test

The Red and Golds are at the bottom of the standings and are without a win in 10 matches.

SC East Bengal's resurgent backline will be put to the sword when they take on a strong Jamshedpur FC side in the 2021-22 Indian Super League at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Tuesday.

SC East Bengal showed a gritty display against heavyweights Mumbai City FC in a goalless draw. It was the first clean sheet for the wooden spooners and despite having only one foreign player, Daniel Chima Chukwu, on the starting XI, Renedy Singh made sure his wards never gave up.

The Stakes

SC East Bengal have remained rock-bottom in the points table for quite some time now, winless in the first half of the season and having just six points from 10 games. Plagued with injuries to as many as three foreign players with key frontman Antonio Perosevic out with suspension, Renedy will have his task cut out against the likes of Greg Stewart and Peter Hartley in attack and defence respectively.

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SC East Bengal will be without the services of foreign defenders Tomislav Mrcela and Franjo Prce both of whom are nursing injuries. The red and gold brigade suffered another setback in the last game when Joyner Lourenco picked up a knock.

"Football is about attacking and defending together. What we do, has to be collective. It is a great opportunity for the boys who have not got many chances to show that they are equally good, owing to the injuries we have. I have to play with an all Indian starting lineup tomorrow. I am very confident that the players will give their best," revealed Renedy.

Jamshedpur is on the opposite side of the spectrum. They are fourth in the table and a win tomorrow will take them further up in the ladder and within touching distance of the top spot. Jamshedpur got back to winning ways with a win over NorthEast United and will fancy their chances against a depleted SC East Bengal.

Coyle will be pleased by the fact that Jordan Murray has proved he can lead the attacking line with the Australian forward finding the back of the net in the last game.

Team News

Jamshedpur FC

Komal Thatal's injury is taking a bit longer than expected and he will be out for at least a week. Farukh is, obviously, missing due to a season-long injury. Apart from these Jamshedpur have slight niggles with Rehenesh TP still doubtful and the coach will wait till the last minute to decide the eleven.

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SC East Bengal

Franjo Prce, Raju Gaikwad and Tomislav Mrcela are out with injuries as longtime absentees Darren Sidoel and Jackichand Singh came back in the last game. Perosevic is likely to miss as he's serving a suspension. Joyner Lourenco might miss out too as he came off injured during the last game.

Head-to-head

Jamshedpur are yet to win against SC East Bengal. In three encounters between them, SC East Bengal have won one, while they have shared the spoils on two occasions. They played out a 1-1 draw in their most recent clash earlier this season.

Probable Lineups

Jamshedpur FC: Rehenesh TP (GK); Laldinliana Renthlei, Narender Gehlot, Peter Hartley (C), Ricky Lallawmawma; Len Doungel, Alex Lima, Mobashir Rahman, Boris Singh; Greg Stewart, Jordan Murray.

SC East Bengal: Arindam Bhattacharya(GK); Amarjit Singh, Adil Khan, Ankit Mukherjee, Hira Mondal; Jackichand Singh, Sourav Das, Wahengbam Angousana, Lalrinliana Hnamte; Semboi Haokip, Balwant Singh.

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Did You Know?

• SC East Bengal are yet to win a game this season.
• Greg Stewart(10) is one goal/assist away from being the player with most goal contributions for Jamshedpur FC along with former strike partner Nerijus Valskis (11).
• Jamshedpur FC are yet to win a match against SC East Bengal.

Telecast

The match between Jamshedpur FC and SC East Bengal will be played at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on January 11 (Tuesday). kick-off is set for 7:30 pm IST. The match will be telecast LIVE on the Star Sports Network and is available for streaming LIVE in the Disney+Hotstar platform and the JioTV app.

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