Arrows come into the game after a thrilling 2-1 win against Churchill Brothers FC Goa. It was one of the games of the season where the young side, trailing by a goal, scored twice in injury time to seal victory.
"In football, you cannot plan the result. But Im very happy with the attitude and the victory because it is the first time in this competition that Indian Arrows have won a game which they were losing. Mentally this shows part of the progress and gives confidence to the players," Indian Arrows coach Luis Norton de Matos said.
"If you see my record, I like to take challenges and try to do my best with my experience and whatever I learned through my coaching process. Its a very unpredictable league and any team can beat any team. We will take it one game at a time," Kashyap suggested.
He also applauded Indian Arrows.
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"As a young squad, Indian Arrows are doing very well mostly losing matches 1-0. They were excellent in the last match. They play attacking and attractive football and they are moving in the right direction. Its a very good step by AIFF."
The defending champions in sixth place on 17 points with their title-defence all but over. Indian Arrows meanwhile are in the eighth position with 14 points.
Matos will miss the services of Abhijit Sarkar whose goals had helped them beat Churchill Brothers. Ningthoi also wont be available as both suffered injuries during training.
Meanwhile, the spine of the team should remain the same with Anwar Ali who was the Hero of the match against Churchill Brothers joined by the regular starters.
"We will be more confident because we got three points in the last match. Our team is mentally very strong and we want to take three points tomorrow," Arrows right-back Ashish Rai said.
"Aizawl were defending champions last year and they will be favourites against us like all other teams. But we will fight for a result as always," Matos stated.