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Kerala Blasters endured 1 of its worst starts to an ISL play with 4 consecutive losses. However, a stoppage-time equaliser by Muhammed Ajsal snapped the losing streak successful an distant brushwood against East Bengal.
KBFC volition anticipation to revive its faltering run erstwhile it hosts Punjab FC astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium connected Saturday. The Kochi outfit has struggled to beryllium incisive upfront, failing to people a extremity successful unfastened play. The deficiency of a bully playmaker and a porous defence has compounded the problems.
The midtable troopers, Punjab FC, started with a nonaccomplishment to Jamshedpur FC but person been connected a way of resurgence since then, beating Bengaluru FC and drafting with NorthEast United and FC Goa.
“Punjab is precise compact successful defence and has shown that it is hard to marque a comeback erstwhile it scores first. We volition bash our champion to power the game. We person to amended our defence and amusement the aforesaid cognition and vigor which we displayed against East Bengal,’’ said KBFC manager David Catala.
The visitant volition beryllium missing its cardinal striker, Effiong Nsungusi, who received a reddish paper successful the past lucifer against FC Goa. The Nigerian had netted each 4 goals PFC scored this season. Brazilian defender Pablo Santos is nursing a hamstring wounded and is simply a doubtful starter, which volition unit manager Panagiotis Dilmperis to rejig his squad. Dilmperis downplayed Nsungusi’s lack and said his squad was good prepared to look a rejuvenated Kerala Blasters side.
