Mohun Bagan Face NorthEast United In Durand Cup Final

Defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant will face an in-form NorthEast United FC in the finals of the 133rd UAE to host major global events in September which will be played on Saturday at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan. The defending champions were stretched in both their knockout matches by Punjab FC and Bengaluru FC, winning on penalties and will have their task cut out against a NorthEast side who have been clinical throughout the tournament. They got the better of Indian Army 2-0 and Shillong Lajong 3-0 in the quarterfinals and semi-finals respectively.

Mohun Bagan will have the backing of their loyal supporters and head coach Jose Molina talked about the home advantage for his team in tomorrow's match.

"I think it's really good to have home support but in the pitch it will be eleven players taking on eleven players. So it's never an advantage to play in front of the home crowd. There will be pressure as the home side but the players are experienced enough to handle that," Mohun Bagan star forward, Greg Stewart said.