Bengaluru FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan ISL Final 2023: BFC vs ATKMB Live Streaming, Line-up, Dream11 Prediction

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Goa, March 17: Bengaluru FC and ATK Mohun Bagan will clash in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa on Saturday (March 18).

Simon Grayson's BFC reached the final via a shootout win over League Shield winners Mumbai City after their two-legged semifinal ended 2-2 on aggregate on Sunday (March 12).

Sunil Chhetri's header had handed BFC a 1-0 win in Mumbai, but the league leaders won the reverse fixture 2-1 in Bengaluru to take the match to extra time and then eventually the penalties in which MCFC Mehtab Singh missed his effort.

Juan Ferrando's ATKMB, on the other hand, played a stalemate in both the legs of the semifinal against defending champions Hyderabad FC and reached the summit clash via a shootout in which HFC's Bartholomew Ogbeche and Javier Siverio squandered their efforts.

BFC and ATKMB record so far in ISL 2022-23

During the league stages, Grayson's BFC scored just 27 goals and conceded 23. Javi Hernandes and Sivasakthi Narayanan were the top goal-scorers for BFC in the league stage with 6 goals each. In the knockout and semifinal, BFC added three more goals and conceded two.

Chhetri and Roy Krishna too have scored 4 and 5 each respectively for BFC, while shot-stopper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has had 7 cleansheets so far.

Ferrando's ATKMB, on the other hand, scored just 24 goals in the league stage, but had the second best defence after HFC, conceding just 17 goals. In the knockout match, ATKMB scored two more goals and kept a cleansheet to take their goal tally to 26 for the season.

Dimitri Petratos is the top-scorer for the Mariners with 10 goals in 22 appearances, while Hugo Boumous has scored 5 goals. The pair also got on the score-sheet in the 2-0 win over Odisha FC in the knockout match. Goalkeeper Vishal Kaith leads the cleansheets list with 11.

BFC vs ATKMB Head-To-Head

The two sides have met two times this season. While ATK Mohun Bagan registered a narrow 1-0 win in Kolkata in December 2022, Bengaluru FC claimed a 2-1 win in the reverse fixture in February 2023 in Bengaluru.

Overall, they have met 6 times so far in ISL, and it's advantage ATK Mohun Bagan, having won 4 times against Bengaluru FC, who have won just once and one match has ended in a draw..

Ahead of Bengaluru FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan Final clash, here is a look at the possible lineups, dream11 best picks, match prediction and telecast details:

Bengaluru FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan Possible Playing 11s

Bengaluru FC (3-5-2): Gurpreet Singh Sandhu; Bruno Ramires, Sandesh Jhingan, Aleksandar Jovanovic; Prabir Das, Suresh Wangjam, Javi Hernandez, Rohit Kumar, Roshan Singh; Roy Krishna, Sivasakti Narayanan.

Bengaluru FC (4-2-3-1): Vishal Kaith; Ashish Rai, Pritam Kotal, Slavko Damjanovic, Subhasish Bose; Carl McHugh, Glan Martins; Manvir Singh, Hugo Boumous, Liston Colaco; Dimitri Petratos.

Bengaluru FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan Dream11 Best Picks (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Vishal Kaith

Defenders: Ashish Rai, Sandesh Jhingan, Slavko Damjanovic, Subhasish Bose

Midfielders: Javi Hernandez, Hugo Boumous, Suresh Wangjam

Forwards: Roy Krishna, Dimitri Petratos, Sivasakti Narayanan

Captain: Dimitri Petratos; Vice Captain: Javi Hernandez

Bengaluru FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan ISL Final Prediction

This will be a close match to call as both teams are well-drilled in defence and are on a good run. An early goal may dictate the pace of the game. So, Petratos, Chhetri and co will need to be sharp when they get their chances. If not, we must be prepared for another penalty shootout if both the backlines do their job.

Bengaluru FC vs ATK Mohun Bagan Final Live Streaming and TV Channel

Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa

Kick off time and date: 7:30 PM IST on Saturday (March 18)

Live Channel: Star Sports Network - Star Sports 1 SD & HD and Star Sports 3 (English), Star Sports 1 Hindi (Hindi), Star Sports 1 Kannada (Kannada) and Star Sports 1 Tamil (Tamil)

Live Streaming: Disney+HotStar and JIO TV