Kerala Blasters who take on Pune City Fc today, play their second of the three games which are scheduled at home stadium in Kochi. Sachin Tendulkar owned side have struggled for points in their opening three games would be hoping to take the most out of the Pune game.
With David James having to handle the dual role of coach and a player, he has a task on his hands to keep the ball from going inside the net as the Kerala side haven’t manage to keep a clean sheet in their three games.
Pune on the other side, who have had a equally bad start managed to win their first match last game, against FC Goa side. Marquee player David Trezeguet managed to open his account as he scored his side’s second goal and sealing Pune’s first 3 points in ISL.
Both teams who come back of a positive results, of their own would be expecting to take at least a point of each other. With midfield holding the key for both the sides, Kerala would be dependent on Indian international – Mehtab Hossain and Pune on the other hand have a Greek who leads their attack from the middle.
Probable Line-Ups:
FC Pune City XI: Belardi (gk), Magliocchetti, Cirillo, Ashutosh, Anupam, Ravanan, Gurung, Trezeguet, Palacios, Katsouranis, Lenny
Kerala Blasters XI: James, Hengbert, Nirmal, Sandesh, Gurwinder, Romey, Pearson, Mehtab, Hume, Milagres Gonsalves
TFM Predcition: Pune City FC 1-2 Kerala Blasters