KOLKATA. East Bengal beat Bengaluru to win 2-1. C. Silva was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was East Bengal to strike first with a penalty of Cleiton Silva at the 39′. Then it was a goal in the 55′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Cleiton Silva gave the win to East Bengal in the 90′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Bengaluru lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium in Kolkata on Friday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Raul Gupta. The weather was haze. The temperature was pleasant at 21 degrees Celsius or 69.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
East Bengal
2 - 1
Bengaluru
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 8 Total 16
- 3 On Target 5
- 5 Off Target 11
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 94 Attack 121
- 49 Dangerous attack 89
- 106 Ball safe 102
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 8
Fouls
- 11 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Bengaluru was in firm control of the ball 56% while East Bengal was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bengaluru was more aggressive with 89 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, East Bengal was able to find the solution to win this match.
East Bengal shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
East Bengal received 3 yellow cards (Mobashir Rahman, Suhair VP and Suvam Sen). Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru received 5 yellow cards (Pablo Pérez, Suresh Singh, Javi Hernández, Alex Lima and Danish Farooq).
Match Timeline
Standings
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After this match, East Bengal will have 12 points to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru will stay with 10 points to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Indian Super League, East Bengal will host ATK Mohun Bagan on the 26th of February with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of ATK Mohun Bagan (0 draws).
Bengaluru will host Goa on the 23rd of February with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Bengaluru (4 draws).
East Bengal – Formation
East Bengal adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Stephen Constantine decided to play with the following team: Suvam Sen , Ankit Mukherjee , Chungnunga Lal , Iván Garrido , Jerry Lalrinzuala , Mobashir Rahman , Alex , Jordan O’Doherty , V.P. Suhair , Cleiton Silva and Naorem Mahesh Singh .
The home team had on the bench: Sumeet Passi, Eliandro, Himanshu Jangra , Souvik Chakraborty, Thongkhosem Haokip, Tuhin Das, Pritamkumar Singh, Golui Sarthak and Pawan Kumar.
Substitutions
East Bengal made 3 changes: Suhair VP for Himanshu Jangra (64′), Mobashir Rahman for Semboi Haokip (86′) and Cleiton Silva for Eliandro (90′).
Best player: Suvam Sen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for East Bengal was the goalkeeper: Suvam Sen. His rating is 7.41. He performed 5 saves.
