Indian Super League: Bengaluru FC Out To Spoil Jamshedpur FC's Apple Cart And Extend Winning Run

Bengaluru FC will look to upset Jamshedpur FC's apple cart and sharpen their playoff aspirations when the two sides meet in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Saturday. Jamshedpur have won their last three games, spread over two weeks, to sit four points adrift of league leaders Hyderabad FC in the second position but with two more games in hand. A win will help them snap at Hyderabad's heels but in Bengaluru, they will face a rival who have found their mojo back.

The Blues won back-to-back games for the first time this season when they beat Kerala Blasters in the last game and also broke into the top-four for the first time. They have 20 points from 14 games.

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who celebrated his birthday on Thursday, has looked his usual self in goal for the former champions with Bengaluru keeping four clean sheets in the last seven games. Three of those four clean sheets have come in the last four matches.

They have only leaked one goal in that period. They have become more compact of late. They have let the opposition have the ball more in the last 4 matches and this can be seen through their possession numbers.

Roshan Singh Naorem scored his maiden Hero ISL goal in the previous game and has looked good this season too. Only three defenders have had more goal contributions in a season than Roshan Singh, underlining his impact not only at the back but in attack as well.

"Jamshedpur are a physical team, they have a new player in (Daniel) Chima who brings a lot of speed, and can score a lot of goals. Our last game was a good, tough game, but I think we did a little bit more than them on that night," Blues' head coach Marco Pezzaiuoli said at the pre-match press conference when asked