GUWAHATI. Bengaluru overcome NorthEast United to win 2-1. A goal from A. Costa was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Bengaluru to strike first with a goal of Siva Sakthi N at the 50′. Then scored again for Bengaluru in the ‘ minutea goal. Eventually, Romain Philippoteaux reduced the distance for NorthEast United (66’). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Bengaluru took advantage of its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium stadium in Guwahati on Friday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Pratik Mondal. The weather was mist. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 58.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bengaluru had a superior ball possession 59% while NorthEast United was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bengaluru was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bengaluru won the encounter.​

NorthEast United shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru shot 19 times, 9 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

NorthEast United received 1 yellow card (Jon Gaztañaga). Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru received 1 yellow card (Rohit Kumar).

Standings

After this match, NorthEast United will stay with 3 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru will have 13 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, NorthEast United will play away against Chennaiyin on the 24th of February with a 6-6 head to head stats.

Bengaluru will host Goa on the 23rd of February with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Bengaluru (4 draws).

NorthEast United – Formation

NorthEast United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Marco Balbul decided to play with the following team: Mirshad Michu (8.1), Alex Saji (7.3), Gaurav Bora (6.8), Aaron Evans (6.2), Hira Mondal (6.4), Emil Benny (6.2), Romain Philippoteaux (7.2), Ion Gaztañaga (7.2), Rochharzela (7.0), Wilmar Jordan (6.7) and Pragyan Sundar Gogoi (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Arindam Bhattacharya, Laldanmawia Ralte, Gurjinder Kumar, Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha, Imran Khan, Parthib Gogoi (6.2), Jithin MS (6.8), Sehnaj Singh and Joe Zoherliana.

NorthEast United could not rely on the presence of Jithin M.S (injured).

Substitutions

NorthEast United made 5 changes: Rochharzela for Parthib Gogoi (55′), Wilmar Jordan for Jithin M.S (60′), Pragyan Sundar Gogoi for Imran Khan (87′), Emil Benny for Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha (88′) and Romain Philippoteaux for Danmawia (88′).

Best player: Mirshad Michu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for NorthEast United was the goalkeeper: Mirshad Michu. His rating is 8.05. He performed 7 saves.

Bengaluru – Formation

Bengaluru started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Simon Grayson played with: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (6.7), Aleksandar Jovanović (6.5), Alan Costa (7.1), Parag Srivas (7.0), Prabir Das (6.8), Suresh Wangjam Singh (6.6), Rohit Kumar (6.8), Roshan Singh (6.2), Javi Hernández (7.4), Sivasakthi Narayanan (6.5) and Roy Krishna (7.5).

They had on the bench: Sunil Chhetri (6.8), Leon Augustine, Sandesh Jhingan, Amrit Gope, Namgyal Bhutia, Udanta Singh Kumam (6.8), Danish Farooq Bhat, Harmanpreet Singh and Jayesh Rane.

Substitutions

Bengaluru made 2 changes: Siva Sakthi N for Udanta Singh (69′) and Parag Satish Shrivas for Sunil Chhetri (79′).

Best player: Roy Krishna​

The most impressive player for Bengaluru was Roy Krishna even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 17 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.​

• NorthEast United – Bengaluru – 1-2