The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. East Bengal are in the 6th position while the guesting Aizawl worry at 8th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Aizawl's home stadium. The visitors last 31 games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 13 draws and 14 losses.
It's quite the trip for Aizawl when visiting East Bengal as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
East Bengal form and stats
When playing at home in the I-League, East Bengal have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for East Bengal, their manager Mario Rivera and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The East Bengal fans got no joy from their last match, a I-League game also here at Kalyani Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Arrows (placed 11th). In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Chennai City.
The East Bengal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. East Bengal have conceded 6 from these games.
Aizawl form and stats
Playing away, Aizawl have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the I-League this season.
Aizawl failed to get anything from their last game, a I-League home match vs Real Kashmir (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting TRAU's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting TRAU in just four days.
Aizawl are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 5 goals have been conceded by Aizawl in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for East Bengal, four draws and two wins for Aizawl. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.East Bengal missing players
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| East Bengal | Aizawl | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 7.3 | 9 | 12 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 3.1 | 1.5 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | 39 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 45 | 93 |
| 36 | 16 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 17 | 33 |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 24% | 30% |
- Aizawl has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
- Aizawl have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Aizawl have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aizawl haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Aizawl is in the worst form (0-4-2)
- East Bengal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- East Bengal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- East Bengal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- East Bengal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | TRAU | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 4 | Gokulam | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | East Bengal | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Churchill Brothers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 9 | Chennai City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Arrows | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 7 |