Ninth-placed Chennai to face Bengaluru FC

Chennai City FC gear up to face defending champions Bengaluru FC in the round 13 I-League encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.

The home team has had a woeful run of late and was denied all three points on Sunday by a late equalizer from DSK Shivajians, leaving them at the ninth spot on the table.

Moreover, they face two tough teams in their last two home games — Bengaluru and East Bengal. In a scenario where points are of paramount importance, they have to punch above their weight and hope to knock their illustrious opponents out on Wednesday. Coach V Soundararajan acknowledged the same and commented, "Bengaluru FC is one of the best sides and have experienced Indian internationals. It's a golden chance for us to test ourselves against one of the best sides."

He further added, "They are well organized. We need to go all out tomorrow (Wednesday) to churn out the best possible result. It is an incentive to go and beat the best. So we will try and do that."

Chennai City will be without the services of Raju Yumnam while the availability of Edwin Vanspaul is also in doubt.Bengaluru would without the services of Amrinder Singh and Arindam Bhattacharya is expected to continue between the sticks.

Both Chennai City and Bengaluru don't boast of a brilliant attack and need to finish off their chances on Wednesday in what will be a charged atmosphere with a lot of fans expected to come in for a game between two sides from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.