BAMBOLIM. Hyderabad conquered Bengaluru to win 2-1. A goal from S. Chhetri was decisive in the 87min. It was Hyderabad to strike first with a goal of J. Siverio Toro at the 16′. Then Joao Victor scored again for Hyderabad in the 30′ minute. Eventually, S. Chhetri reduced the distance for Bengaluru (87′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Bengaluru lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the GMC Stadium stadium in Bambolim on Friday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Tejas Nagvenkar. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bengaluru had a superior ball possession 58% while Hyderabad was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hyderabad had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hyderabad won the match.​

Bengaluru shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hyderabad shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Bengaluru received 3 yellow cards (D. Farooq Bhat, P. S. Shrivas and R. Singh). On the other side, Hyderabad received 1 yellow card (Juanan).

Standings

After playing this match, Bengaluru will stay with 23 points like Kerala Blasters to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Hyderabad will have 29 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

Bengaluru – Formation

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

The manager Marco Pezzaiuoli decided to play with the following team: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (6.4), Parag Srivas (6.5), Pratik Chowdhary (6.6), Alan Costa (6.8), Roshan Singh (7.4), Suresh Wangjam Singh (6.4), Bruno Ramires (6.6), Danish Farooq Bhat (6.6), Sunil Chhetri (7.4), Cleiton Silva (6.7) and Prince Ibara (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Bidyashagar Singh (6.4), Iman Basafa (7.0), Damaitphang Lyngdoh, Udanta Singh Kumam (7.1), Namgyal Bhutia (6.6), Wungyanyg Muirang, Sivasakthi Narayanan, Yaya Banana (6.2) and Lara Sharma.

Substitutions

Bengaluru made 5 changes: P. S. Shrivas for N. Bhutia (46′), D. Farooq Bhat for U. Singh (61′), B. Edgar for I. Basafa (80′), P. Chaudhari for Y. Banana (86′) and P. Ibara for B. Singh (86′).

Best player: Sunil Chhetri​

The most impressive player for Bengaluru was Sunil Chhetri.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 28 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6.

Hyderabad – Formation

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

Manuel Márquez Roca played with: Laxmikant Kattimani (6.2), Nim Dorjee Tamang (7.0), Chinglensana Singh Konsham (6.6), Juanan (6.6), Akash Mishra (6.9), Souvik Chakraborty (7.1), João Victor (7.8), Nikhil Poojary (5.9), Bartholomew Ogbeche (6.9), Rohit Danu (7.1) and Javier Siverio (7.7).

They had on the bench: Pritamkumar Singh, Sahil Tavora (6.5), Aniket Jadhav, Aaren D’Silva, Hitesh Sharma, Gurmeet Singh, Mohammad Yasir (6.8), Seityasen Singh and Joel Chianese (6.5).

Hyderabad could not rely on the presence of J. Chianese (injured).

Substitutions

Hyderabad made 4 changes: S. Chakrabarti for S. Tavora (65′), J. Siverio Toro for J. Chianese (72′), N. Poojari for M. Yasir (72′) and R. Danu for A. D’Silva (90′).

Best player: João Victor​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hyderabad was João Victor.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 53 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Bengaluru – Hyderabad – 1-2