{"id":33406,"date":"2020-11-19T20:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?p=33406"},"modified":"2020-11-19T20:50:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:20:13","slug":"atk-mohun-bagan-fc-season-preview-full-squad-fixtures-and-more-isl-2020-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/atk-mohun-bagan-fc-season-preview-full-squad-fixtures-and-more-isl-2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"ATK Mohun Bagan FC season preview, full squad, fixtures and more: ISL 2020-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The newly merged entity, ATK Mohun Bagan FC, who will represent Mohun Bagan\u2019s legacy and ATK\u2019s ISL success in their debut Indian Super League (ISL) campaign will go into the league as prime favourites. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Retaining the core of 2019-20 champions ATK for the upcoming season, Antonio Lopez Habas\u2019 side will be expected to go all guns blazing again and win another <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/category\/football\/football-competitions\/isl\/\">ISL<\/a> title.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ATK Mohun Bagan FC key players<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Roy Krishna:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roy_Krishna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy Krishna<\/a> was tied with Golden Boot winner Nerijus Valskis in the 2019-20 season for the most number of goals scored. The Fijian forward netted 15 goals in 21 games, in addition to providing six assists. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Krishna\u2019s incredible goalscoring ratio was one of the prime reasons behind ATK\u2019s 2019-20 title-winning run. He is extremely quick to pounce on loose balls, wriggle past defenders and score. His striking prowess will again be pivotal for ATK Mohun Bagan in the 2020-21 Indian Super League campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>David Williams:<\/strong> Roy Krishna\u2019s strike partner, Australian forward David Williams will be key to ATK Mohun Bagan\u2019s chances in the ISL 2020-21 as well. Williams scored seven goals and provided five assists in 18 ISL games. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">He generally acts as a secondary striker or a typical false number nine to create an illusion of a two-striker formation. Williams can also play out wide, thus adding to his versatility. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>Sandesh Jhingan:<\/strong> After an intense transfer battle with ISL\u2019s biggest and richest clubs like Bengaluru FC, FC Goa, Mumbai City FC, SC East Bengal and Odisha FC, the former Kerala Blasters defenders finally signed for ATK Mohun Bagan after months of deliberation. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess who never skips leg day!? \ud83d\udc40\ud83e\uddbf\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATKMohunBagan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ATKMohunBagan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mariners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Mariners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoyMohunBagan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JoyMohunBagan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndianFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IndianFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMO9hYfWfn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/sMO9hYfWfn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ATK Mohun Bagan FC (@atkmohunbaganfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atkmohunbaganfc\/status\/1326081688636633089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 10, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Sandesh Jhingan will partner Jose Luis Espinosa Arroyo, also known as Tiri in central defence. He will face a unique challenge at ATK Mohun Bagan due to Antonio Habas\u2019 conventional three-man defence. His aerial abilities can be useful in set-piece situations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ATK Mohun Bagan FC probable line-up<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>(3-5-2):<\/strong> Arindam Bhattacharya, Tiri, Sandesh Jhingan, Pritam Kotal, Pronay Haldar, Edu Garcia, Javi Hernandez, Michael Soosairaj, Prabir Das, Roy Krishna, David Williams<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a3840bd4-a42c-490d-a5e7-c16191b2b2a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a3840bd4-a42c-490d-a5e7-c16191b2b2a7.jpg 480w, https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a3840bd4-a42c-490d-a5e7-c16191b2b2a7-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a3840bd4-a42c-490d-a5e7-c16191b2b2a7-150x174.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a3840bd4-a42c-490d-a5e7-c16191b2b2a7-300x348.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\">&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ATK Mohun Bagan FC full squad<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Goalkeepers:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Arindam Bhattacharya, Arsh Shaikh, Aryan Lamba, Avilash Paul, Dheeraj Singh<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Defenders: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Tiri, Prabir Das, Pritam Kotal, Sandesh Jhingan, Sumit Rathi, Subhasish Bose<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keeping those passes slick and that movement quick! \ud83d\ude0e\u270c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATKMohunBagan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ATKMohunBagan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mariners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Mariners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoyMohunBagan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JoyMohunBagan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndianFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IndianFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9TSOmkfmb\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/g9TSOmkfmb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ATK Mohun Bagan FC (@atkmohunbaganfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atkmohunbaganfc\/status\/1328316295834583040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 16, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Midfielders:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Boris Singh, Bradden Inman, Carl McHugh, Edu Garcia, Javier Hernandez, Glan Martins, Jayesh Rane, Michael Soosairaj, Pronay Haldar, Regin Michael, Seikh Sahil, Engson Singh<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Forwards:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> David Williams, Jobby Justin, Manvir Singh, Roy Krishna, Md Fardin Ali Molla<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Head Coach:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #222222;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Antonio Lopez Habas<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ATK Mohun Bagan FC fixtures (Till Round 10)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>20th November<\/strong> &#8211; Kerala Blasters vs ATK Mohun Bagan<br \/><strong>27th November<\/strong> &#8211; SC East Bengal vs ATK Mohun Bagan<br \/><strong>03rd December<\/strong> &#8211; ATK Mohun Bagan vs Odisha FC<br \/><strong>07th December <\/strong>&#8211; Jamshedpur FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan<br \/><strong>11th December<\/strong> &#8211; ATK Mohun Bagan vs Hyderabad FC<br \/><strong>16th December<\/strong> &#8211; ATK Mohun Bagan vs FC Goa<br \/><strong>21st December <\/strong>&#8211; ATK Mohun Bagan vs Bengaluru FC<br \/><strong>29th December<\/strong> &#8211; Chennaiyin FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan<br \/><strong>03rd January <\/strong>&#8211; ATK Mohun Bagan vs NorthEast United<br \/><strong>11th January <\/strong>&#8211; ATK Mohun Bagan vs Mumbai City FC<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ATK Mohun Bagan FC season prediction<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ATK Mohun Bagan have retained the core of their squad, and with few additions like Bradden Inman, Sandesh Jhingan and Tiri, the Mariners look stronger than ever for a new season. The 2019-20 champions are expected to do well and finish top of the league table.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ATK Mohun Bagan FC Predicted Finish: 1st<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/bengaluru-fc-season-preview-full-squad-fixtures-and-more-isl-2020-21\/\">Bengaluru FC season preview, full squad, fixtures and more: ISL 2020-21<\/a><\/strong><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATK Mohun Bagan FC are one of the favourites to win the ISL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":33405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22],"tags":[6268,6269,4932,6072],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}