NIORT. East Bengal managed to find the solution against Hyderabad to win 2-1. C. Silva was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Hyderabad to strike first with an early goal of Hitesh Sharma at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 10′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Cleiton Silva gave the win to East Bengal in the 90′ minute scoring a double.

The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was hot at 27.38 degrees Celsius or 81.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. East Bengal was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Hyderabad that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Hyderabad was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, East Bengal managed to find the solution to win this match.​

East Bengal shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Hyderabad shot 4 times, 3 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

East Bengal received 1 yellow card (Prabhsukhan Gill). On the other side, Hyderabad received 5 yellow cards (Sahil Tavora, João Victor, Manoj Mohammad, Aaren D’Silva and Manoj Mohammad).

Standings

After this match, East Bengal has 4 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. On the other side, Hyderabad stays with 0 points (9th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, East Bengal will play away against Bengaluru on the 4th of October with a 3-2 head to head in favor of East Bengal (1 draw).

Hyderabad will host Chennaiyin on the 23rd of October with a 3-3 head to head stats.

East Bengal – Formation

East Bengal started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Carles Cuadrat decided to play with the following team: Prabhsukhan Gill (7.0), Nishu Kumar (7.0), Harmanjot Singh Khabra (6.4), Jose Antonio Pardo (6.7), Mandar Rao Desai (6.7), Nandhakumar Sekar (6.3), Souvik Chakraborty (7.0), Saúl Crespo (7.9), Borja Herrera (6.7), Naorem Mahesh Singh (6.4) and Cleiton Silva (8.9).

The home team had on the bench: Vanlalpeka Guite, Gursimrat Gill, Athul Unnikrishnan, Javier Siverio (7.1), Kamaljit Singh, Mohammad Rakip (6.7), Mobashir Rahman, V.P. Suhair (6.7) and Vishnu PV.

East Bengal could not rely on the presence of Gursimrat Gill (injured).

Substitutions

East Bengal made 4 changes: Borja Herrera for Javier Siverio (83′), Naorem Mahesh Singh for V.P. Suhair (89′), Souvik Chakraborty for Mohammad Rakip (46′) and Cleiton Silva for Gursimrat Gill (90′).

Best player: Cleiton Silva​

The most impressive player for East Bengal was Cleiton Silva.

His rating is (8.9) with 2 goals, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 11.

Hyderabad – Formation

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

Thangboi Singto played with: Laxmikant Kattimani (6.6), Nikhil Poojary (6.8), Nim Dorjee Tamang (6.7), João Victor (7.0), Manoj Mohammad (6.8), Hitesh Sharma (7.3), Sahil Tavora (6.4), Petteri Pennanen (7.0), Mohammed Yasir (6.6), Felipe Amorim (6.6) and Joe Knowles (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohammed Rafi, Mark Zothanpuia, Alex Saji, Vignesh D (6.6), Anuj Kumar (6.8), Aaren D’Silva (6.4), Makan Winkle Chote, Lalchhanhima Sailo and Oswaldo Alanís (7.0).

Hyderabad could not rely on the presence of Anuj Kumar (injured).

Substitutions

Hyderabad made 4 changes: Hitesh Sharma for Aaren D’Silva (62′), Manoj Mohammad for Vignesh D (83′), Felipe Amorim for Oswaldo Alanís (83′) and Laxmikant Kattimani for Anuj Kumar (45′).

Best player: Hitesh Sharma​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hyderabad was Hitesh Sharma.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 33 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• East Bengal – Hyderabad – 2-1