PANJIM: Sporting Clube de Goa will lock horns with Royal Wahingdoh in a round six match of the Hero I-League, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, on Sunday. The kick-off time is 4.30 p.m.
Sporting Clube have not had the best of starts to the league having collected just two points from four matches after two draws and two losses.
In their last match where defenders Sandesh Jhingan and Miguel Garcia made their debuts, they drew 0-0 with Mumbai and are hoping to go one better against Wahingdoh.
New comers, Wahingdoh on the other hand have had a spectacular start to the season and are currently third in the league with 10 points from five matches, after winning their opening three games.
In their last match they drew 1-1 with Dempo Sports Club and will now be looking to get back to winning ways. Seityasen Singh, who has netted two goals in four matches is the danger man.
When the two clubs met in the Federation Cup in January, it was Sporting Clube who came back to win 2-1, after goals from Anthony Wolfe and Biswajeet Saha cancelled out Jackichand Singh’s earlier effort for Wahingdoh.
Sporting Clube are 10th in the standings with two points while their opponents are in will be eyeing to better their position in the top zone of th e points table.
