CHENNAI. Chennaiyin beats Bengaluru with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by R. Crivellaro (6′) and a penalty scored by J. Murray (50′). Chennaiyin made the most of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stadium in Chennai on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was with the help of Samar Pal and . The 4th official was Pratik Mondal. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 27.07 degrees Celsius or 80.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 13 Total 11
- 6 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 100 Attack 104
- 71 Dangerous attack 55
- 76 Ball safe 96
- 2 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 4
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Chennaiyin had a superior ball possession 57% while Bengaluru was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Chennaiyin was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chennaiyin won the match.
Chennaiyin shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Chennaiyin received 2 yellow cards (Irfan Yadwad and Yumkhaibam Jiteshwor Singh). On the other side, Bengaluru received 1 yellow card (Javi Hernández).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Chennaiyin has 12 points to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Bengaluru will stays with 7 points to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bengaluru will host Jamshedpur on the 16th of December with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Bengaluru (3 draws).
Chennaiyin – Formation
Chennaiyin
78'
45'
6'
Chennaiyin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Owen Coyle decided to play with the following team: Debjit Majumder , Bikash Yumnam , Ryan Edwards , Lazar Ćirković , Ankit Mukherjee , Ayush Adhikari , Yumkhaibam Jiteshwor Singh , Ninthoinganba Meetei , Rafael Crivellaro , Vincy Barretto and Jordan Murray .
The home team had on the bench: Cristian Battocchio, Mohammed Rafique, Connor Shields , Alexander Romario Jesuraj , Golui Sarthak , Sourav Das , Sachu Siby, Irfan Yadwad and Prateek Kumar Singh.
Substitutions
Chennaiyin made 5 changes: Jordan Murray for Connor Shields (68′), Ninthoinganba Meetei for Irfan Yadwad (68′), Ankit Mukherjee for Golui Sarthak (78′), Vincy Barretto for Alexander Romario Jesuraj (61′) and Yumkhaibam Jiteshwor Singh for Sourav Das (78′).
Player of the match: Rafael Crivellaro
The most impressive player for Chennaiyin was Rafael Crivellaro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Bengaluru – Formation
Bengaluru
Bengaluru started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Simon Grayson played with: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu , Namgyal Bhutia , Aleksandar Jovanović , Slavko Damjanović , Naorem Roshan Singh , Sivasakthi Narayanan , Suresh Singh , Harsh Patre , Holicharan Narzary , Javi Hernández and Sunil Chhetri .
They had on the bench: Keziah Veendorp, Jessel Carneiro, Rohit Danu , Sahil, Monirul Molla , Robin Yadav, Shreyas Ketkar, Shivaldo Chingambam Singh and Salam Johnson Singh.
Substitutions
Bengaluru made 3 changes: Holicharan Narzary for Monirul Molla (65′), Sunil Chhetri for Robin Yadav (90′) and Harsh Patre for Rohit Danu (72′).
Player of the match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
The most impressive player for Bengaluru was the goalkeeper: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. His rating is 7.65. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
- Chennaiyin – Bengaluru – 2-0
