Mumbai FC to face Lajong in I-League

Mumbai: Hosts Mumbai FC will hope to extend their eight-match unbeaten run in I-League football tournament

and bag three points against Lajong FC when they lock horns in an 11th-round match at the Cooperage ground here tomorrow. A win will elevate the hosts, who held Kolkata giants and Federation Cup champions East Bengal to a goalless draw in their previous match, to the joint fifth spot along with Mohun Bagan who face League toppers Mahindra United at the same venue on Thursday. Mumbai FC have so far accumulated 14 points from 10 matches with the help of three victories and five draws after losing their first two matches. Meanwhile, visitors Lajong, who had a forgetful outing against Mahindra in their previous match at the Cooperage, will look to prove their Federation Cup success was no fluke. Lajong, thrashed 5-0 by Mahindra, have lost all their matches since beating Churchill Brothers in the Federation Cup semifinal last month. The visitors, lying in the bottom half of the table, have scored nine points from 10 matches. PTI