East Bengal prepare to clash heads with Goa in this Indian Super League match. All you need to know about the game can be found right here!
It's quite the trip for Goa when visiting East Bengal as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
East Bengal form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for East Bengal's two home games in the Indian Super League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium.
The club members are hoping that East Bengal will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Bengaluru (placed 9th). Midfielder Singh was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.3 (out of ten) in that game. Singh scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Ahead of that match, Bengal won a home game hosting Hyderabad (2-1).East Bengal has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Goa form and stats
The supporters enjoyed Goa's previous match versus Odisha FC (placed 6th), a 3-2 win played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Gupta scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Odisha FC. Midfielder Sadaoui was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.74. Sadaoui scored two goals and hit three key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Minerva Punjab.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Indian Super League trip to Bengaluru.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous seven meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for East Bengal, two draws and three wins for Goa. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Sadaoui 2 goals |  C. Martínez Rodríguez 1 goals |  J. Gupta 1 goals |
East Bengal missing players
Goa missing players
| East Bengal | Goa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 5.3 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 20.5 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| East Bengal | Last season | Goa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 55% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 35% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 70% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 20% | ||
| 35% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 10% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 14.8 | 14.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Mumbai City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Goa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Bengal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Jamshedpur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Bengaluru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Minerva Punjab | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Hyderabad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Goa | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Jamshedpur | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | East Bengal | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -35 | 5 |
