KOLKATA. East Bengal liquidates NorthEast United 5-0 with goals of Borja Herrera (14′), Cleiton Silva (24′), Nandha Kumar Sekar (62′), Cleiton Silva (66′) and Nandha Kumar Sekar (81′).

Néstor Albiach squandered a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed NorthEast United to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium in Kolkata on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Aditya Purkayastha with the collaboration of Arun Pillai and . The 4th official was Harish Kundu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.19 degrees Celsius or 80.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

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

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. East Bengal was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. NorthEast United that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

NorthEast United was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, East Bengal was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

East Bengal shot 17 times, 10 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, NorthEast United shot 9 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

East Bengal received 3 yellow cards (Mohammad Rakip, Cleiton Silva and Naorem Mahesh Singh). On the other side, NorthEast United received 3 yellow cards (Soraisham Dinesh Singh, Redeem Tlang and Macarton Louis Nickson).

Standings

After playing this encounter, East Bengal has 8 points like Chennaiyin to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, NorthEast United will stays with 9 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

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 (7.3), Harmanjot Singh Khabra (6.7), Lalchungnunga (7.0), Hijazi Maher (6.7), Mandar Rao Desai (7.0), Naorem Mahesh Singh (8.5), Souvik Chakraborty (7.1), Saúl Crespo (7.9), Borja Herrera (7.5), Vishnu PV (7.3) and Cleiton Silva (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Kamaljit Singh, Jose Antonio Pardo (7.0), Ajay Chhetri, Nandha Kumar Sekar (9.2), Mohammad Rakip (6.8), Mobashir Rahman (7.1), Nishu Kumar, Gursimrat Gill and Javier Siverio (6.8).

East Bengal could not rely on the presence of Mohammad Rakip (injured) and Jose Antonio Pardo (injured).

Substitutions

East Bengal made 5 changes: Harmanjot Singh Khabra for Mohammad Rakip (26′), Vishnu PV for Nandha Kumar Sekar (46′), Borja Herrera for Jose Antonio Pardo (60′), Naorem Mahesh Singh for Mobashir Rahman (83′) and Cleiton Silva for Javier Siverio (83′).

Player of the match: Nandha Kumar Sekar​

The most impressive player for East Bengal was Nandha Kumar Sekar.

His rating is (9.2) with 2 goals, 13 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was sensational also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

NorthEast United – Formation

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

Juan Pedro Benali played with: Mirshad Michu (6.7), Soraisham Dinesh Singh (6.3), Asheer Akhtar (6.1), Míchel Zabaco (6.0), Ngasepam Tondonba Singh (6.0), Pragyan Sundar Gogoi (7.0), Gani Nigam (6.4), Jithin MS (6.7), Romain Philippoteaux (6.8), Ibson (6.7) and Néstor Albiach (6.3).

They had on the bench: Dipesh Chauhan, Parthib Gogoi, Macarton Louis Nickson (6.4), Manvir Singh, Redeem Tlang (6.8), Huidrom Thoi Singh, Konsam Phalguni Singh (7.0), Buanthanglun Samte and Yaser Hamed (6.4).

Substitutions

NorthEast United made 4 changes: Pragyan Sundar Gogoi for Konsam Phalguni Singh (46′), Ibson for Yaser Hamed (68′), Gani Nigam for Macarton Louis Nickson (68′) and Asheer Akhtar for Redeem Tlang (68′).

Player of the match: Pragyan Sundar Gogoi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for NorthEast United was Pragyan Sundar Gogoi.

His rating is (7.0) with 11 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• East Bengal – NorthEast United – 5-0