ISL: Jamshedpur enter Mohun Bagan's den with 2-1 advantage and eye on final

Jamshedpur FC and Mohun Bagan Super Giant will face each other in the second leg of their semifinal clash of the Indian Super League ISL 202425 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan VYBK on MondayThe Khalid Jamilcoached side steered to a 21 victory in the opening game of this fixture snapping MBSGrsquos sixgamelong unbeaten streak against the Red MinersThe League Shield winners will be drawing confidence from their impeccable home record though having not given away a goal in any of their previous six games at the stadiumThey will have to extend that streak to overturn the deficit and find a place in the summit clash for the third year runningAlso ReadIPL 2025 Mumbai Indians receive huge boost as Jasprit Bumrah returns to the campMBSG have now lost three of their last four playoff games in the ISL including each of their last two They had faced defeats in only two of their first nine playoff matches W3 D4 before this patch began a promising run of form they will seek to regain starting from this gameHaving scored 21 goals from setpieces this season which is the most ever by a team in a single ISL campaign Mohun Bagan Super Giantrsquos mastery from deadball situations could be instrumental in dissecting Jamshedpur FCrsquos backlineJamshedpur FC have scored multiple goals in each of their last four ISL games which is their secondbest such streak ever However they have never netted more than once in consecutive games against MBSG before and an alert home side defence will be eager to sustain that recordWhile their attacking form has been inspiring the Red Miners have conceded a leaguehigh 23 goals in the first half Jamil will push his team to shore up defensively early on to avoid conceding their aggregate advantageMohun Bagan Super Giant head coach Jose Molina brought the focus to the core objective from the coming match ie to progress into the finalsldquoThe only thing that is there in my mind right now is the matchday We have to perform well and win ndash thatrsquos the goal currentlyrdquo he saidJamshedpur FC head coach Khalid Jamil recognised MBSGrsquos strength at homeldquoWe have kept our preparations for this match the same as before There is no doubt about Mohun Bagan Super Giant who always play very well especially at homerdquo he saidThe two sides have played 11 games against each other with MBSG winning five times and Jamshedpur FC emerging victorious four times Two encounters have produced drawsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params