Royal Wahingdoh host Salgaocar FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong in a Round 20 encounter in the I-League.

While the side from Shillong sit pretty at third place, Derrick Pereira's team is only sixth in the table.

Interestingly, the last and only time these two sides met, in the reverse fixture in Goa, the Royals enjoyed a surprising win and they built on their season from then on while the Greens went on a downward spiral.

Douhou Pierre has been the only constant for the Goa side as injuries and suspensions, besides mediocre performances have played spoil sport with Derrick's plans.

Daryl Duffy is still not 100% fit but the team have some belief back after last round's reassuring victory against Shillong Lajong, after losing in their four previous encounters.

The Scotsman will most likely again start from the bench as the former Pune FC coach will look to maintain the winning combination with Francis Kasonde and Augustin Fernandes back in defense. Bikash Jairu who got on the score sheet last time around will most likely start upfront, ably supported by their Ivorian playmaker.

For Royal Wahingdoh, no one can take away from their fairytale season so far, however their title aspirations have suffered a major jolt as they lost to Dempo while only managing a point against Mumbai FC.

That has allowed front runners Bengaluru FC and Mohun Bagan to open up quite a lead at the top. For instance, Santosh Kashyap's men are a point behind Bengaluru but have played two games more. 

Kashyap was not very happy with his attackers after the Mumbai game as he reckoned they failed to follow his instructions. 

“I’m very disappointed with the result. We dominated the full game but still had to settle for a 1-1. I’m not very happy with the attackers. Jackichand (Singh) cannot handle stardom. I think he needs more time. I gave one instruction and the boys followed something else. They then landed up in this situation. All the shots were off the target," said the coach, clearly not happy with the display against Mumbai.

Seong-Yong Kim with his recent goalscoring form has made himself an indispensable member of the squad and might start upfront with Densill Theobald marshaling the midfeid. All eyes will obviously be on Jackichand Singh who has taken the league by storm and will start on the flanks.

While Salgaocar will look to build on their win from their last match, Royal Wahingdoh will be desperate to recover their home form.