Odisha FC, after picking up their first win of the season in a 4-2 victory over Kerala Blasters earlier in January, would've hoped to kick on and improve.
That win came after nine games in the 2020-21 Indian Super League (ISL) season but it still remains Odisha's only victory as they picked just a point in their next two games, the last being a 2-1 at the hands of Chennaiyin FC.
"We were a little bit negative in our approach (against Chennaiyin) and we chose to play with too many long balls instead of playing through the lines which we normally do.