Crucial fight in the lower part of the Indian Super League, with both Goa and East Bengal experiencing more worry than bliss. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home side positioned 8th and the away team in 11th position.
- Goa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- East Bengal have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Indian Super League
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.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Goa form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Indian Super League numbers at home for Goa so far this season.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus NorthEast United in the Indian Super League last time out and are looking for a win here. Noguera, a striker, was the champion performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 8.23 (out of 10). Noguera served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 62 total).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Chennaiyin.The manager Pereira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bengaluru in only four days.
The Goa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Goa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
East Bengal form and stats
East Bengal have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Indian Super League, after 0-3-3 (6 played). East Bengal are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Jamshedpur fixture.
Bengal are looking to quickly end their 242 minutes long goal drought in the Indian Super League.
There might be some fixture complaints from East Bengal as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Indian Super League match against Jamshedpur (0-1). Bhattacharya was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.3. The agile goalkeeper Bhattacharya stopped the opponent with four saves.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Mumbai City.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bengal have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. As for defending, East Bengal rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged result featuring both these teams is the East Bengal - Goa 3-4 played not long ago this season. Stats for the former four meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Goa, two draws and one win for East Bengal. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ortiz Mendoza 4 goals | A. López Cabrera 3 goals |  A. Noguera Ripoll 2 goals |
Goa missing players
East Bengal missing players
| Goa | East Bengal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 13.4 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 27% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 44% |
| 9.4 | 9.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- East Bengal have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- East Bengal have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Indian Super League
- East Bengal have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Indian Super League
- East Bengal have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Indian Super League
- East Bengal have yet to win a game.
- Goa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Kerala Blasters | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Jamshedpur | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Hyderabad | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Chennaiyin | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Bengaluru | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Goa | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Odisha FC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
