Preview: 12 points separate the sides so far this season, ATK Mohun Bagan having performed best. Will East Bengal take the guests by surprise?
- East Bengal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ATK Mohun Bagan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Indian Super League
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
With 2 Indian Super League wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, East Bengal are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A strong away win for Bengal against Mumbai City the last match, as Singh were on target. Goalkeeper Singh got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.82 out of ten. Singh topped it up with a clean sheet.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Chennaiyin.Everyone expects East Bengal to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 4 games: 1 home win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. East Bengal have won with at least two goals margin 0 times in similar situations.
The East Bengal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches.
ATK Mohun Bagan form and stats
Playing away, ATK Mohun Bagan have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Indian Super League this season.
The regulars enjoyed ATK Mohun Bagan's previous match versus Kerala Blasters (placed 5th), a 2-1 win played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory. McHugh got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. McHugh scored two goals and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
Prior to that match, the Mohun manager Fenol faced defeat when travelling to Hyderabad and losing 0-1.Lacking goals? 10 of this team's last 13 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting ATK Mohun Bagan as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent games featuring these teams have all finished as ATK Mohun Bagan wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.The two sides met each other earlier on this campaign: ATK Mohun Bagan - East Bengal 2-0.
East Bengal missing players
ATK Mohun Bagan missing players
| East Bengal | ATK Mohun Bagan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 67% | 84% |
| 79% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 32% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 37% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
| 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 11.6 | 13.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 14.6 | 13.9 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.8 | 11.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | 4.3 |
- ATK Mohun Bagan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Indian Super League
- ATK Mohun Bagan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- East Bengal have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Mumbai City | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Goa | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 19 |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 16 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -34 | 5 |
