AFC Cup: East Bengal want to seal knockout spot in Malaysia

Under Trevor Morgan, East Bengal have been in fine form this season. (AIFF Media)

Kolkata giants East Bengal Club head to Malaysia today for their fifth AFC Cup Group H match to face Selangor FA on Tuesday, April 23. The match would be played at the Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor with kick-off at 8.45 pm Malaysia local, which is 6.15 pm in India.

East Bengal are top of their group with 10 points and a draw would be enough to ensure their passage to the pre-quarterfinals, but the red-and-gold are travelling to Selangor to win the match. The first-leg had been won by East Bengal through a Lalrindika Ralte long-range effort.

In another first East Bengal in their last match against Tampines Rovers became the first Indian side to score 100 goals in Asian club competitions and are two short of scoring 50 goals in the AFC Cup.

So enough things for the red-and-gold and their fans to look forward to.

EAST BENGAL CLUB

GoalkeepersAbhijit Mondal, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Jayanta Pal

DefendersThokchom Naoba Singh, Uga Okpara, Gurwinder Singh, Raju Eknath Gaikwad, Saumik Dey, Robert Lalthalmuana

MidfieldersSanju Pradhan (Captain), Mehtab Hossein, Penn Orji, Lalrindika Ralte,Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Cavin Lobo, Ishfaq Ahmed

StrikersChidi Edeh, Andrew Barisic, Baljit Singh Sahni, Manandeep Singh

OfficialsTrevor James Morgan (Head Coach), Atanu Bhattacharya (Goalkeeper Coach), Rajesh Basak (Physiotherapist), Manish Banerjee (Manager)