ATK Mohun Bagan will look to continue their winning run when they take on Kerala Blasters in a rescheduled ISL VIII match in Vasco on Saturday. ATK Mohun Bagan have won their last three matches and are breathing down league leaders Hyderabad FC’s neck with the same number of points (29) but with inferior goal difference.
ATK Mohun Bagan have played 15 matches while Hyderabad have already played 16. So if the Calcutta outfit can add to their tally, then they have a fair chance of going atop the table.
Kerala sit in fourth place with 26 points from 15 games.
ATK Mohun Bagan have done exceedingly well under Juan Ferrando, especially in the absence of key foreign players. Indian forwards Liston Colaco and Manvir Singh have thrived to keep the Mariners in the top four this season.
Colaco leads the Indian scorers with seven goals while Manvir is at the joint second spot with five. Manvir became the first Indian player to score in three successive games in the ISL and the third ATK Mohun Bagan player to score in three straight games after Roy Krishna and David Williams. Colaco has been brilliant in almost every game for the green and maroons.
“The job of the coaching staff is to help all the players and keep the squad ready. I am upset because sometimes the performance is not great but that is for every team. The players are playing for a short period so it’s not easy,” said Ferrando.