‘Home’ team
Mumbai
have
had
a
good
start
to
the
season
under
new
coach
Des
Buckingham,
currently
sitting
pretty
at
the
top
of
the
heap.
After
a
shock
defeat
to
Hyderabad
FC,
Mumbai
City
registered
back-to-back
wins
which
included
a
5-1
hammering
of
arch-rivals
ATK
Mohun
Bagan.
But
Owen
Coyle’s
Jamshedpur
are
snapping
at
their
heels,
placed
second
with
eight
points
from
four
games.
The
Islanders
have
been
at
their
aggressive
best,
something
they
adopted
from
previous
coach
Sergio
Lobera’s
coaching
manual.
Igor
Angulo
has
been
in
red-hot
form
for
Mumbai,
scoring
four
goals
so
far.
Buckingham’s
men
have
netted
the
most
number
of
goals
this
season
and
barring
the
game
against
Hyderabad
FC,
they
have
looked
like
an
intimidating
unit.
Buckingham,
though,
is
not
getting
carried
away.
“It’s
a
good
start
and
that’s
all.
It
doesn’t
matter
where
you
are
in
the
league
right
now,
it’s
about
where
you
finish,”
said
the
former
Melbourne
City
assistant
coach.
Mumbai
have
conceded
two
goals
in
the
last
two
outings
despite
winning
by
3-1
and
5-1
margins.
Buckingham
said
as
a
unit,
he
would
love
to
see
the
side
keep
a
clean
sheet
but
at
the
same
time,
he
would
not
change
the
way
they
play.
“We
would
love
to
win
every
game
with
a
clean
sheet.
But
we
want
to
play
an
expansive
game
of
football
and
in
an
exciting
way.
I
would
not
want
to
change
that.”
Jamshedpur,
on
the
other
hand,
have
looked
their
part
this
season,
staying
unbeaten
in
four
games.
Coyle’s
charges
were
unstoppable
against
ATK
Mohun
Bagan
in
their
previous
encounter,
not
letting
last
year’s
finalists
settle
down
into
any
kind
of
rhythm.
“We
have
a
group
of
players
who
work
their
socks
off
and
have
quality.
The
boys
are
always
hungry
to
do
well
for
the
club,
for
themselves
and
our
fans
which
is
very
important,”
said
Jamshedpur
FC
head
coach
Owen
Coyle.
Asked
about
his
Indian
players
doing
well,
Coyle
said:
“They
are
working
very
hard
and
the
foreign
players
are
helping
them.
It’s
nice
to
see
young
players
doing
well.”
Jitendra
Singh
was
excellent
against
ATK
Mohun
Bagan,
pulling
the
strings
expertly
in
the
middle
of
the
park.
Coyle
added
that
Mumbai
City
FC
are
a
very
good
side
and
they
would
have
to
be
on
their
toes
to
get
a
positive
result.
Jamshedpur
FC
can
take
heart
from
the
fact
that
they
and
NorthEast
United
were
the
only
two
teams
to
stay
unbeaten
against
Mumbai
in
Hero
ISL
20-21.
The
first
game
between
the
sides
ended
in
a
1-1
draw
while
Jamshedpur
ran
out
2-0
winners
in
the
second
game.
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