East Bengal FC Vs Mohammedan SC Prediction: East Bengal have lost six in row

East Bengal FC will host Mohammedan SC in Kolkata Derby at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata in the Indian Super League for game week 8. East Bengal have lost six in a row so far in ISL. Who will be the winner after 90 minutes?

The two Kolkata giants are eager to stage a comeback and revert to their form from recent jolts. Their last game, on October 22, was a great tussle as East Bengal went down 1-2 to FC Goa. Mohammedan Sporting also had a tough time, losing 0-4 to Hyderabad on October 26, something they would like to put behind them in the future. A derby match like this presents the two teams with a chance to reboot-to reassert one's strengths, regain momentum, and get back on course. The two teams will be charging fresh after the break, eager to leave an imprint.

Gill, Lalchungnunga, Lal, Maher, Anwar Ali, Chakraborty, Talal, Mahesh Singh, Crespo, Sekar, Diamantakos 

The Black Panthers are suffering their third consecutive defeat in the 2024/25 ISL season. They get a breather to go back and work on consolidating their defense and finding some answers for their attacking deficiencies.

The attacking lineup of this team has not found adequate stability. Head coach Chernyshov tried to adapt Brazilian winger Franca as a center striker but did not receive the expected return since Franca has remained scoreless in six games played. Even the attack-nurturing striker, Lobi Manzoki, features less with only one start, and if the chances were greater for Manzoki, he might have turned out to be more effective than Franca.

The team will be missing injured Joseph Adjei who left a gaping hole in the team during the previous 0-4 loss to Hyderabad.

Padam Chettri, Ralte, Ogier, Bora, Vanlalzuidika, Bikash Singh, Luwang, Kasimov, Fanai/Manzoki, Alexis Gomez, Franca 

East Bengal, with recent performance and on historical data, seems quite an obvious choice to win this derby match. Mohammedan Sporting may be indulging in nostalgic memories of their previous encounter with the game ending 2-2, but they are now facing increasing pressure of not losing any more matches.

Bengal is in a much better condition as far as head-to-head is concerned for the encounter. Mohammedan Sporting has been seeing matches over 2.5 expected goals themselves, as all of their last three matches did. Expect another high-scoring affair with a projected xG range of 2.5 to 3.