Struggling East Bengal will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Goa in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- East Bengal has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Indian Super League
- Goa has the most points from losing position (8) in Indian Super League
The hosts East Bengal saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Indian Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Odisha FC, was also a home game here at Tilak Maidan Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
East Bengal form and stats
East Bengal have collected 5 points from their Indian Super League home games so far after 1-2-1.
The East Bengal supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Odisha FC in Indian Super League and win 3-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Chennaiyin.
Debjit Majumder loved the game against Odisha FC. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bengal as they are travelling to their away game against Bengaluru in the Indian Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Bengal has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. On the other hand, East Bengal have conceded 5 goals.
Goa form and stats
3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Goa in their Indian Super League matches away. Momentum is building for Goa in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Goa, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Hyderabad (placed 8th) in the Indian Super League last time out. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Jamshedpur.
Late drama in the previous game, when Igor Angulo scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Hyderabad.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Goa have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. It's not easy to score on Goa as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Angulo Albóniga 9 goals |  J. Maghoma 3 goals |  M. Steinmann 2 goals |
East Bengal missing players
Goa missing players
| East Bengal | Goa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12 | 12.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 36% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 31% |
- East Bengal has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Indian Super League
- Goa has the most matches over the total-line (5) in Indian Super League
- Goa has the most points from losing position (8) in Indian Super League
- Goa 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 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Mumbai City | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Goa | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Jamshedpur | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Bengaluru | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | NorthEast United | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Chennaiyin | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Hyderabad | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Kerala Blasters | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | East Bengal | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | Odisha FC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 2 |