KOLKATA (India): Bengaluru coach Carles Cuadrat will be hoping to win the first win when his side hosts Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) on Sunday.
Both the teams are still winless in the tournament.
Cuadrat said he was drawing confidence from the number of chances his team have been creating.
“This is how it works in football sometimes. You find yourself in one flow, and then have to do things to change that flow,” he said. “We have been playing well, but have scored only one goal.”
Chennaiyin are also eyeing a turnaround of their own as they are bottom-placed on the table with one point, but Cuadrat refused to use form as an indicator.
“Chennaiyin have always been very tough opponents. We beat them 1-0 in the same fixture last season, but it was a difficult match,” said Cuadrat.
Defender Albert Serran, who came off early in the first half in the game against Jamshedpur with an injury, continues to recuperate.
Midfielder Erik Paartalu, who has made a complete recovery from an ankle injury that saw him miss the first three games of the Blues’ campaign, will be in the reckoning.
Meanwhile, John Gregory’s side had a season to forget last year when they finished bottom on the pile with just nine points.
The two-time ISL champions went through a massive transformation of the squad this time. They have signed six new foreigners.
The English coach has dabbled with strikers Andre Schembri and Nerijus Valskis in different games, and will be hoping that one of them turn up with the goods sooner than later.
The wings will offer an interesting sub-plot to the game with Udanta Singh coming up against Lallianzuala Chhangte in what will be a battle of sheer pace.
