New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the East Bengal - Real Kashmir match!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Real Kashmir have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-3-1 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
East Bengal form and stats
There will be little rest for East Bengal after this match as they are travelling to Minerva Punjab for a I-League game in only three days.
It's the first season at a new level for East Bengal as they were promoted from Calcutta Premier Division A last season. Happy days that were secured through 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses from zero games. The team scored 0 goals at home last season and conceded 0. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Real Kashmir form and stats
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: East Bengal won 1, Real Kashmir won 0 and 1 draw. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.East Bengal missing players
Real Kashmir missing players
| East Bengal | Real Kashmir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| East Bengal | Last season | Real Kashmir | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 89% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 53% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 26% | ||
| 27% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 11% | ||
| 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 42% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 47% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 21% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 108 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 80 | 137 | ||
| 61 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 60 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aizawl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arrows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Chennai City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | East Bengal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Gokulam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Minerva Punjab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mohun Bagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | NEROCA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Real Kashmir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | TRAU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Bhawanipore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | BSS Sporting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Calcutta Customs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | East Bengal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | George Telegraph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kalighat Milan Sangha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mohammedan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mohun Bagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Peerless | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rainbow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Southern Samity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Techno Aryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Chennai City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 43 |
| 2 | East Bengal | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Mohun Bagan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | NEROCA | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Aizawl | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Arrows | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 21 |
| 9 | Gokulam | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | Minerva Punjab | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Shillong Lajong | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 34 | -33 | 11 |