Chennai City will look to continue their impressive run when they lock horns with Churchill Brothers in the ninth game of the 12th Hero I-League at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium on Thursday.
Chennai put up an impressive show last week when they won their opening encounter at home against Indian Arrows 4-1, riding on a sizzling hattrick by Uruguayan marksman Pedro Manzi.
Churchill, on the other hand, drew their first game against defending champions Minerva Punjab FC 0-0 and will be playing their second straight away game on the trot.
The hosts go into the game leading 3-1 on the head-to-head count, while one game ended in a stalemate, among the five played between the sides in the Hero I-League.
Chennai's new Singaporean coach Akbar Nawas could not have been happier with the result and will look to carry on the winning momentum.
Besides Manzi, his Spanish signings, in particular, winger Nestor Jesus also had a good first game and so did his other winger Romario Jesuraj and coach Nawas will hope they carry on with their good work.
Goalkeeper Kabir will regret his effort in the lone goal that Arrows scored and will target a clean sheet this time around.
Chennai midfielder and captain Regin Michael said: "Churchill is physically strong, their attacking approach is different from ours. We will try to stick to our game and steal all three points tomorrow. Pedro Manzi is a strong player in our team and I hope he continues to play strongly throughout the season."
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