PANJIM: SC East Bengal’s resurgent backline will be put to the sword when they take on a strong Jamshedpur FC side in the 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Tuesday.
SC East Bengal showed a gritty display against heavyweights Mumbai City FC in a goalless draw. It was the first clean sheet for the wooden spooners and despite having only one foreign player, Daniel Chima Chukwu, on the starting XI, Renedy Singh made sure his wards never gave up.
SC East Bengal have remained rock-bottom in the points table for quite some time now, winless in the first half of the season and having just six points from 10 games. Plagued with injuries to as many as three foreign players with key frontman Antonio Perosevic out with suspension, Renedy will have his task cut out against the likes of Greg Stewart and Peter Hartley in attack and defence respectively.
SC East Bengal will be without the services of foreign defenders Tomislav Mrcela and Franjo Prce both of whom are nursing injuries. The red and gold brigade suffered another setback in the last game when Joyner Lourenco picked up a knock.
