Arrows vs East Bengal I-League preview

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Competition: India I-League
Competition: Mon 17.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

Arrows are welcoming East Bengal for another important game after their 0-0 result against 10th-placed NEROCA.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a I-League game only four days ago.

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Arrows form and stats

The story so far in the I-League for Arrows at their home stadium is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Arrows, their manager S. Venkatesh and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Arrows haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 211 minutes ago. V. Singh scored that one.

Arrows manager S. Venkatesh and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus NEROCA (placed 10th) in the I-League. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Chennai City.

The lack of attacking qualities in Arrows means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Arrows have conceded 8 from these games.

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East Bengal form and stats

As the visiting team in I-League matches, East Bengal have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.

East Bengal's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Minerva Punjab that finished 1-1. A loss against Aizawl was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The travelling fans enjoy East Bengal's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. East Bengal have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: East Bengal - Arrows 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Arrows victory, two draws and seven East Bengal wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Arrows missing players

East Bengal missing players

Arrows East Bengal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
7 4 0 Lost L 1 2 5
5 2 1 Scored S 4 8 13
12 8 1 Conceded C 2 5 13
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
45% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 73%
18% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 9%
27% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 64%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 9%
64% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 27%
 
3.9 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6 6.6
6.8 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 4.1
0.8 0.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
62 35 7 Total Shots T S 24 44 101
24 13 4 Shots on Target S O 11 20 42
21% 15% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 40% 26%
Key stats in I-League this season:
  • Arrows has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
  • Arrows has the fewest points (1) at home
  • Arrows has the fewest scored goals (2) at home
  • Arrows has the fewest scored goals (5)
  • Arrows has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
  • Arrows has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
  • Arrows has the most matches under the total-line (10)
  • Arrows has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home
  • Arrows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Arrows have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arrows have yet to win a game at home.
  • Arrows haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • East Bengal has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • East Bengal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • East Bengal have scored more than double the goals of Arrows.
  • East Bengal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mohun Bagan 11 8 2 1 21 9 6 5 0 1 12 6 5 3 2 0 9 3 12 26
2 Minerva Punjab 12 4 6 2 17 15 6 4 2 0 12 6 6 0 4 2 5 9 2 18
3 Gokulam 11 5 2 4 14 13 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 3 0 2 7 6 1 17
4 Real Kashmir 9 4 3 2 11 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 6 3 2 1 8 4 3 15
5 TRAU 12 4 3 5 12 20 4 2 2 0 6 4 8 2 1 5 6 16 -8 15
6 Aizawl 11 3 5 3 13 13 6 1 4 1 8 8 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 14
7 Chennai City 11 4 2 5 14 17 6 2 1 3 6 8 5 2 1 2 8 9 -3 14
8 Churchill Brothers 9 4 1 4 17 12 6 3 0 3 11 7 3 1 1 1 6 5 5 13
9 East Bengal 11 3 3 5 13 13 6 1 2 3 5 8 5 2 1 2 8 5 0 12
10 NEROCA 12 3 3 6 16 21 6 3 1 2 8 7 6 0 2 4 8 14 -5 12
11 Arrows 11 2 2 7 5 12 5 0 1 4 2 8 6 2 1 3 3 4 -7 8

Read more about I-League

The I-League is one of two top level football leagues in India (the other is Indian Super League). It is officially known as the Hero I-League. The season runs from October to March with eleven teams playing 20 matches each to decide the final league table and the champion.