East Bengal look to maintain winning run

Fresh from their inspiring win over Bengaluru FC, East Bengal will be keen to unsettle table-toppers Salgaocar in a round eight clash of the I-League at Kalyani Stadium here tomorrow.
The match will see the return of Uga Okpara in the backline while Ryuji Sueoka and R Vashum's injuries will continue to bother East Bengal.
The Kolkata giants are currently seven points behind Salgaocar in ninth place but have three games in hand.
Both teams enjoyed 2-0 wins in round seven with East Bengal beating Bengaluru FC in Kalyani and Salgaocar getting the better of United SC in the same venue.

The three points against Bengaluru ended East Bengal's four-game winless streak in Kalyani but they haven't won back-to-back matches in the I-League since February and will be wary of Salgaocar's consistency as the Goan club have picked 13 points from a possible 18.
East Bengal though have the best goal-scoring ratio so far in the 2013-14 I-League with South Sudan striker James Moga bagging three in as many games.

Despite the absence of first-team regulars like Okpara in the last match, East Bengal still managed to put up a good performance and end Bengaluru's unbeaten start.
Their Brazilian head coach Marcos Falopa is now looking for some consistency.

"Now that the AFC Cup is over, the I-League is our target. I am happy with the effort of the players so far and have complete faith in each of them," Falopa said.