BFC take on East Bengal in a virtual semifinal today; three points can boost either team's title hopesWinner takes all, well almost.But Bengaluru FC, currently second on the table, can safely place one hand firmly on the I-League crown if they clinch three points against third-placed East Bengal at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Sunday.A draw would still suffice for Ashley Westwood's team to go on top, but only a win would give them a chance to cheer.With the tournament wide open for the top three teams, the other being current leaders Mohun Bagan, the stakes are high for BFC too as a win for EB will boost to them to the top.Westwood, however, played down the clash saying there will be no pressure to chase a win. “It is not vital to win to be quite honest," he said on Saturday. "Looking at the table, we need to win two and draw one game. We are two points in front. We can’t afford to lose. We will go out and try to win. We are going to try and back it up with a good performance."EB coach Biswajit Bhattacharya too echoed Westwood's views. “Football is a game full of surprises and we can’t predict the results, but we need to look for a win,” he said.Both teams come off with tied results. While Mumbai FC held East Bengal to a 2-2 draw, Bengaluru squandered their first chance of going top and had to be content with just a point against DSK Shivajians.However, it's a different ball game altogether on Sunday as East Bengal will miss the services of their with their star defender and captain Arnab Mondal, who was suspended for two games after his tussle with Bagan’s Cornell Glen last week. Mondal apart, left-back Robert Lalthlamuana misses the game after failing to recover from an injury picked up in the draw against Mumbai FC.BFC still cannot afford to take their opponents lightly. As resounding as their win against Mumbai FC may appear, they still struggled against a resurgent DSK Shivajians in their last game. A big miss for BFC will be defender John Johnson, who picked up his fourth yellow of the league against DSK and is now serving a one-game suspension.“Johnson’s an influential, aggressive player. He is strong in the air. But we have played without him before. We will give someone else a chance. We always rotate, we always chop and change. He (Johnson) was on three yellows for a while and we knew it was coming. It is not a problem. We will be fine,” Westwood said.With Johnson's absence, Keegan Pereira is expected to assist Curtis Osano on Sunday. “With East Bengal missing Arnab (Mondal) and us missing Johnson, it would be a fairly even contest,” Westwood added.With midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh showing glimpses of the player he is, after returning from injury, and striker CK Vineeth in rich form, Bengaluru FC have the edge over the visitors.Kanteerava hasn’t really been a happy memory for EB. They were handed a 3-0 drubbing by BFC when they came here last season. And the Kolkata side would be keen to erase the blot. The Blues followed up that win with another one this season, beating East Bengal 1-0 at the Barasat Stadium.