East Bengal - NorthEast United: Indian Super League cellar teams scrapping for points and praise. Here are all the relevant data and information before the match!
- East Bengal is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (42) in Indian Super League
NorthEast United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Indian Super League game only three days ago.
East Bengal form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Indian Super League this season. East Bengal have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Tilak Maidan Stadium. Bengal are slowly digging their own grave here at Tilak Maidan Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Jamshedpur match.
Perosevic was the last player to score a league goal for East Bengal and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as East Bengal haven't scored in 206 minutes.
The supporters are hoping that Bengal will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Mumbai City (placed 4th). Singh (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.72/10. Singh hit one key pass.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Kerala Blasters.East Bengal are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played).
NorthEast United form and stats
There's been little loot from NorthEast United's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 9 away games in the Indian Super League. NorthEast United only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. NorthEast United has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
NorthEast United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Jamshedpur proved too strong as NorthEast United slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. The attacker Marcelinho got a match rating of 7.75 in that game. Marcelinho scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, NorthEast secured a home win against Bengaluru with the score 2-1.NorthEast United have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. For NorthEast United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: NorthEast United - Bengal 2-0. Head to head totals (for the previous three meetings): East Bengal won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and NorthEast United have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.Top Goalscorers
  D. Brown 7 goals |  S. VP 4 goals |  A. Perošević 3 goals |
East Bengal missing players
NorthEast United missing players
| East Bengal | NorthEast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 17 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 42 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 72% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 28% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 11% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 74% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 9.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.2 | 11.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 35% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 34% |
| 12.2 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.4 | 13.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
- East Bengal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- East Bengal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- East Bengal have the fewest points (4) at home in Indian Super League
- East Bengal have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Indian Super League
- East Bengal have yet to win a game at home.
- East Bengal is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- NorthEast United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- NorthEast United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- NorthEast United have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the fewest points (2) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (22) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (42) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have yet to win a game away.
- NorthEast United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hyderabad | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Jamshedpur | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Odisha FC | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 20 |
| 9 | Goa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
