East Bengal draws 0-0 with Minerva Punjab on Saturday

KOLKATA. East Bengal and Minerva Punjab ended up goalless.

December 10, 2023

KOLKATA. East Bengal and Minerva Punjab didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium in Kolkata on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was R Venkatesh who was helped by Anthony Abraham and . The 4th official was Aditya Purkayastha. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.04 degrees Celsius or 78.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.

Match Timeline

37'

N. Darjee- Yellow

38'

41'

N. Prabhu- Yellow

45'

S. Meitei- Yellow

60'

M. Talal- sub ->Luka Majcen

61'

D. Lalhlimpuia- sub ->Khungdongbam Krishananda Singh

Mohamad Rakip- sub ->Nishu Kumar

62'

José Antonio Pardo - sub ->Borja Herrera

62'

Vishnu P V- sub ->Nandha Kumar Sekar

62'

Souvik Chakrabarti- Yellow

66'

70'

A. Singh- sub ->Ashish Pradhan

80'

CK Aman- sub ->Naorem Mahesh Singh

90'

José Antonio Pardo - Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Goa

After playing this match, East Bengal has 9 points like NorthEast United and Chennaiyin to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Minerva Punjab will has 5 points to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

East Bengal – Formation

East Bengal

Prabhsukhan Singh Gill 13.India

7.0

Lalchungnunga 5.India

7.1

Mandar Rao Desai 17.India

7.1

Hijazi Maher 19.Jordan

7.8

Nishu Kumar 22.India

7.0

62'

Saúl Crespo 21.Spain

6.7

80'

Souvik Chakrabarti 23.India

6.7

66'

Borja Herrera 26.Spain

6.3

62'

38'

Cleiton Silva 10.Brazil

7.9

Nandha Kumar Sekar 11.India

6.6

62'

Naorem Mahesh Singh 29.India

6.6

90'

Substitutes

Kamaljit Singh 1.India

José Antonio Pardo 4.Spain

6.8

62'

90'

Mohamad Rakip 12.India

6.4

62'

Gursimrat Singh Gill 33.India

Ajay Chhetri 6.India

Mobashir Rahman 15.India

CK Aman 62.India

90'

Vishnu P V 82.India

7.0

62'

Javi Siverio 99.Spain

7.0

80'

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

The manager Carles Cuadrat decided to play with the following team: Prabhsukhan Gill (7.0), Nishu Kumar (7.0), Lalchungnunga (7.1), Hijazi Maher (7.8), Mandar Rao Desai (7.1), Borja Herrera (6.3), Saúl Crespo (6.7), Souvik Chakraborty (6.7), Naorem Mahesh Singh (6.6), Cleiton Silva (7.9) and Nandha Kumar Sekar (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Kamaljit Singh, Jose Antonio Pardo (6.8), Ajay Chhetri, Mohammad Rakip (6.4), Mobashir Rahman, Gursimrat Gill, Aman CK, Vishnu PV (7.0) and Javier Siverio (7.0).

Substitutions

East Bengal made 4 changes: Borja Herrera for Jose Antonio Pardo (62′), Nandha Kumar Sekar for Vishnu PV (62′), Nishu Kumar for Mohammad Rakip (62′) and Saúl Crespo for Javier Siverio (80′).

Player of the match: Cleiton Silva

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for East Bengal was Cleiton Silva.

His rating is 7.9 with 43 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 21. He performed 2 crosses.

Minerva Punjab – Formation

Minerva Punjab

K. Chemjong 16.Nepal

6.7

D. Chatziisaias 5.Greece

7.3

K. Lhungdim 12.India

7.3

N. Darjee 45.India

7.1

37'

S. Meitei 74.India

7.3

45'

T. Singh 2.India

7.0

N. Prabhu 4.India

7.5

41'

K. Singh 7.India

7.0

61'

A. Pradhan 23.India

7.3

70'

Juan Mera 14.Spain

7.5

L. Majcen 99.Slovenia

6.6

60'

Substitutes

R. Kumar 1.India

Mashoor Shereef Thangalakath 66.India

M. Talal 8.France

7.0

60'

M. Kipgen 17.India

Brandon Vanlalremdika 28.India

K. Fernandes 30.India

A. Singh 80.India

6.4

70'

D. Lalhlimpuia 19.India

6.7

61'

P. Mohan 24.India

Minerva Punjab started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Staikos Vergetis played with: Kiran Chemjong (6.7), Khaiminthang Lhungdim (7.3), Suresh Meitei (7.3), Dimitris Chatziisaias (7.3), Nitesh Darjee (7.1), Tekcham Abhishek Singh (7.0), Ashish Pradhan (7.3), Nikhil Prabhu (7.5), Khungdongbam Krishananda Singh (7.0), Juan Mera (7.5) and Luka Majcen (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Ravi Kumar, Madih Talal (7.0), Manglenthang Kipgen, Daniel Lalhlimpuia (6.7), Prasanth Karuthadathkuni, Brandon Vanlalremdika, Kingslee Fernandes, Mashoor Shereef Thangalakath and Amarjit Kiyam Singh (6.4).

Substitutions

Minerva Punjab made 3 changes: Luka Majcen for Madih Talal (60′), Khungdongbam Krishananda Singh for Daniel Lalhlimpuia (61′) and Ashish Pradhan for Amarjit Kiyam Singh (70′).