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 5th position while the guesting Arrows worry at 11th.
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.
East Bengal form and stats
East Bengal have played 3 I-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for East Bengal, who won 2-0 against Chennai City (placed 9th). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Mohun Bagan.
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 3 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the East Bengal defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Arrows form and stats
Things could have gone better for Arrows in their I-League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Three has not been a lucky number for Arrows as they have been defeated three times in a row since the NEROCA match.
V. Singh was the last player to score for the away team. Arrows haven't scored a league goal in the last 318 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a I-League home defeat versus Real Kashmir with 0-2 on the scoreboard. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against TRAU.
Arrows has another fixture away, a I-League game, against Chennai City in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Arrows when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. 3 goals have been conceded by Arrows in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 8 wins for East Bengal, 2 draws and 0 wins for Arrows. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.East Bengal missing players
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| East Bengal | Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 62% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 6.8 | 8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 9.3 | 6.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 8 | 43 |
| 28 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 25% |
- All of East Bengal's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Arrows has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Arrows has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Arrows has the fewest scored goals (2) away
- Arrows has the fewest scored goals (4)
- Arrows has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
- Arrows has the most matches under the total-line (7)
- Arrows has the the worst goal difference (-7)
- Arrows have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Arrows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arrows have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Arrows haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Arrows is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- East Bengal have scored more than double the goals of Arrows.
- East Bengal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 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 | East Bengal | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Churchill Brothers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Real Kashmir | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Chennai City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Arrows | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 4 |