ATK Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal

The hype around the Kolkata derby, as ever, is real. Whether the football will live up to it -- it hasn't so far in the ISL -- remains to be seen.

This dragged Bagan out of shape and unable to get out of their half. Bagan are the more established side -- in terms of individual players, squad, and manager-having-spent-time-with-said-squad -- and are heavy favourites. You'd hate to leave Boumous one-on-one, but if he floats to the left and you double-mark him, that leaves you one-on-one with Liston. EB also lost in the Durand Cup (1-0, Sumeet Passi's own goal) ahead of this ISL season. But it's even more the case when East Bengal play - much like the stripes on two tigers, no two (modern) EB teams are ever the same. [3-1 win over NorthEast United](/football/report?gameId=653335) last Thursday for an EB side that had started the season rather dully.