Mohun Bagan wants to bounce back from the shock loss against Chenaiyin in their trip to Delhi to face Punjab FC.
PUN vs MBG Match Details
Date: Saturday, 6 March 2024
Time: 19:30 (IST)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi
PUN vs MBG Match Preview
Punjab FC's chances of making the playoffs were dealt with a blow after a 3-1 loss to Odisha FC at the Kalinga Stadium. Despite coming back from a goal down past the half-hour mark through Madih Talal, two quick strikes in the second half by the home side meant the visitors were left empty-handed. Staikos Vergetis’s side now has to win the remaining two games of the league season, but still their position in the top six will not be guaranteed. Chennaiyin FC have taken the lead in the playoff race followed by Bengaluru FC and East Bengal. They need all of them to drop points to make their passage clear. Punjab FC will battle the two Kolkata giants in the matches which will take place at home but behind closed doors. With another customer for the Shield in Mohun Bagan visiting them first, it will be a difficult game for them as they managed to beat the Mariners only once back in 2018 in the I-league. Another defeat will eliminate them from top-six contention completely.
It was an unhappy return for Mohun Bagan Super Giant to ISL action after the international break. They conceded the first league defeat this year by going down 3-2 to Chennaiyin FC at Salt Lake Stadium. The Green and Maroon gave away the first-half lead given by Joni Kauko in the last 20 minutes of the match and lost the game late in stoppage time despite Petratos’s penalty moments ago seemed to have rescued a point for the home side. This defeat swung the favour towards table-toppers Mumbai City leaving the Mariners to win their remaining matches, including the final game against the Islanders, to have any chance for the Shield. Their race will be over if they fail to beat Punjab FC in their next trip to Delhi provided Mumbai City win their match against Odisha next week. Mohun Bagan hopes not to drift away further not having head coach Antonio Habas on the sidelines once again due to health issues. Having defeated the Shers in the reverse fixture, the Mariners will be motivated to return to winning ways.
Recent Form
PUN: WLWDL
MBG: DWWWL
PUN vs MBG Predicted Lineups
Punjab FC
Ravi Kumar; Khaiminthang Lhungdim, Suresh Meitei, Dimitrios Chatziisais, Mohammed Salah; Sahil Tavora, Nikhil Prabhu, Asish Pradhan; Madih Talal; Jordan Gill, Luka Majcen
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Vishal Kaith; Anwar Ali, Brendan Hamill, Subhasish Bose; Deepak Tangri; Manvir Singh, Abhishek Suryavanshi, Joni Kauko, Liston Colaco; Jason Cummings, Dimitri Petratos
PUN vs MBG Head-to-Head (all competitions)
Played - 10
PUN won - 1
Drawn - 2
MBG won - 7
PUN vs MBG Dream11 Match Prediction
Mohun Bagan is expected to return to winning ways in the match against Punjab FC. We predict a 3-1 victory for the Mariners.
PUN vs MBG Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Dimitri Petratos
Vice-captain Pick: Madih Talal
Our top picks for the PUN vs MBG Dream11 team are Dimitri Petratos (9 goals, 3 assists) and Madih Talal (5 goals, 8 assists).
PUN vs MBG Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: R Kumar (Cr - 8, Pts - 383)
DEF: Lhungdim (Cr - 8, Pts - 352), Prabhu (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 510), Bose (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 592)
MID: Manvir (Cr - 8, Pts - 566), Kauko (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 261), Talal (Cr - 9, Pts - 932), Coalco (Cr - 9, Pts - 579)
FW: Majcen (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 601), Cummings (Cr - 9, Pts - 704), Petratos (Cr - 9, Pts - 836)
Vice-captain: Madih Talal
Captain: Dimitri Petratos
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