After their emphatic triumph at Pune over Mumbai F.C. East Bengal is all set to record their first home win when they meet Shillong Lajong at 6.30 p.m on 6th November,2011 at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan.
Incidentally East Bengal holds the record of maximum of 108 wins in home matches amongst the NFL/I League teams.East Bengal who are currently sixth in the table have a good chance of getting into the top four if they win on Sunday.The rivals have not met this Season and this would be their first clash at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan.East Bengal have so far scored 449 goals in NFL/I League and is only second to Churchill in maximum goals scored by a team.They would be looking forward to achieve the landmark of 450 goals on Sunday.
Given below are some more details and highlights:
East Bengal – Currently 6th in the League with 4 points Last 5 matches – LWLDW
Shillong Lajong – Currently 7th in the League with 3 points – Last 5 matches – WLDWL
The teams have met twice in I League earlier as under:
12.11.09 East Bengal – 3- 0 – Shillong Lajong
(Abel Hammond-2, Yusif Yakubu)
06.3.10 Shillong Lajong – 1 – 0 – East Bengal
(A.B.Daniel)
I will go for a Lajong victory on this one mate