new delhi it has not been an ideal start for either delhi dynamos or chennaiyin fc in the second edition of the indian super league losing their opening games of the season to fc goa 02 and atletico de kolkata 23 respectively gearing up for their second game both teams are dented with the unavailability of key indian players who are away on national duty for indias 2018 world cup qualifiers matches against turkmenistan and oman while playercummanager roberto carlos delhi dynamos were completely outclassed by his mentor zicos fc goa chennaiyin put up a solid fight against the defending champions playing their first home game delhi would like to open their account but hit by injury woes early and without the services of star forward robin singh midfielders francis fernandes and snehraj singh they will have to play out exceedingly well against the most consistent team of the previous edition neither jeje lalpekhkua who scored the opening goal for the tamilnadu based team or midfielder dhanchandra singh will feature in this clash as they are away on national duty what that effectively means is that the game will be dominated by foreign players and a favourable result for either team will most definitely hinge on their performance both teams have plenty of talent in that department and while chennaiyin have a stronger attacking unit delhis shaky defence was on display in their opening game the likes of fikru elano blumer and bruno pelissari will create a lot of problems for the back four of delhi fikru however is not completely fit as revealed by chennaiyins assistant coach vivek nagul for the hosts big names like john arne riise and roberto carlos will have to step up and hold the defence well along with naoba singh and young anas edathodika the 21yearold west bromwich albion striker adil nabi will be a threat to the chennaiyin defence delhis strong midfield comprising former french international florent malouda and netherlands hans mulder will have to dictate the pace of the game to keep chennaiyin at bay carlos accepted that there are issues with the defence and the opening game loss was due to their mistakes rather than goa fc playing well but also went on to say that team has huge potential and it is about playing well on the given day chennai are a very strong team with a shrewd coach marco materazzi and good players said carlos during a press conference on wednesday we will have to play well and we can do that against goa we made mistakes and lost the tournament is short so we cannot afford to make such mistakes but i can assure you that our team is also very good and tomorrows game will be one of the best matches of the competitionteams from chennaiyin fc apoula edima edel bete karanjit singh nidhinlal abhishek das alessandro potenza bernard mendy dhanachandra singh eder monteiro fernandes justin stephen lalhmangaihsanga ralte mailson alves mehrajuddin wadoo bruno pelissari dhanapal ganesh