On a roll, table-toppers Mohun Bagan would look to settle scores when they take on Churchill Brothers in their return leg match of the I-League in Margao on Saturday.

The visitors have notched up nine wins from 12 games to comfortably lead the points table with 29 points, eight points clear of second-placed Minerva Punjab FC.

However, Bagan’s only loss this season came at the hands of Churchill, who outgunned the green and maroons in a high-scoring encounter in December last year.

At the pre-match media conference, Mohun Bagan coach Kibu Vicuna understandably played down the talk of revenge. “It is only a football match. We will face the game with the same desire as other games. We know that Churchill are a good team with very good players and playing in their stadium is going to be a tough challenge for us,” he said.

That desire has translated to five wins on the trot in recent times with an enviable five-man attack line of former La Liga and Senegalese striker Papa Diawara, VP Suhair, dynamic youngster Nongdamba Naorem, Tajik playmaker Komron Tursunov and Spanish midfield general Joseba Beitia, firing on all cylinders

Vital 3 points

Hosts Neroca FC eked out a narrow 3-2 win over Gokulam Kerala FC to come out of the relegation zone in Imphal. Pritam Singh drew the first blood for Neroca FC before Shibil Muhammed restored parity for Kerala FC. The visitors took the lead through Nataniel Garcia in the 40th minute. Neroca FC equalised in the 48th minute through Philip Adjah. Ronald Singh scored Neroca FC’s third goal.