Minerva Punjab overcomes Bengaluru 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit

NEW DELHI. Minerva Punjab succeeded in reverse the score against Bengaluru.

February 4, 2024

NEW DELHI. Minerva Punjab was capable to reverse the scoreline against Bengaluru. It was Bengaluru to score first with a goal from Sunil Chhetri . However, later Minerva Punjab found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Wilmar Jordan (23′), Luka Majcen (71′) and Madih Talal (77′). Bengaluru was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).

The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stadium in New Delhi on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was who had the assistance of and . The 4th official was Tejas Nagvenkar. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.65 degrees Celsius or 67.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 22%.

Match Statistics

Minerva Punjab

3 - 1

Bengaluru

! 36 Ball Possession 64

Shots

10 Total 12
8 On Target 2
2 Off Target 4
0 Shots blocked 6

86 Attack 100
30 Dangerous attack 59
86 Ball safe 85

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 7
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

11 Total 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Bengaluru had a strong ball possession 64% while Minerva Punjab was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bengaluru was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Minerva Punjab was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Minerva Punjab shot 10 times, 8 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru shot 12 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Minerva Punjab received 3 yellow cards (Tekcham Abhishek Singh, Nikhil Prabhu and Ashish Pradhan). On the other side, Bengaluru received 2 yellow cards (Slavko Damjanovic and Rohit Kumar).

Match Timeline

15'

S. Chhetri(goal)Naorem Roshan Singh

W. Jordán(goal)Tekcham Abhishek Singh

23'

A. Pradhan- Yellow

16'

N. Prabhu- Yellow

34'

35'

Rohit Kumar- Yellow

52'

Nikhil Poojary- sub ->Rohit Kumar

K. Singh- sub ->Wilmar Jordan

59'

62'

Slavko Damjanovic- Yellow

P. Mohan- sub ->Manglenthang Kipgen

65'

S. Tavora- sub ->Ashish Pradhan

65'

L. Majcen(goal)Madih Talal

71'

70'

Chingambam Shivaldo Singh- sub ->Naorem Roshan Singh

M. Talal(goal)

77'

T. Singh- Yellow

79'

84'

Siva Sakthi N- sub ->Slavko Damjanovic

84'

Halicharan Narzary- sub ->Javi Hernández

M. Singh- sub ->Madih Talal

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Goa

After playing this match, Minerva Punjab has 11 points like Bengaluru to remain in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Bengaluru will stays with 11 points like Minerva Punjab to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bengaluru will host Chennaiyin on the 7th of February with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Bengaluru (3 draws).

Minerva Punjab – Formation

Minerva Punjab

R. Kumar 1.India

6.6

T. Singh 2.India

6.8

79'

D. Chatziisaias 5.Greece

7.5

M. Salah 39.India

6.4

S. Meitei 74.India

7.0

N. Prabhu 4.India

7.0

34'

M. Talal 8.France

9.5

90'

77'

M. Kipgen 17.India

6.1

65'

A. Pradhan 23.India

7.0

65'

16'

W. Jordán 9.Colombia

7.3

59'

23'

L. Majcen 99.Slovenia

7.9

71'

Substitutes

K. Chemjong 16.Nepal

K. Lhungdim 12.India

M. Assisi 34.India

K. Singh 7.India

6.6

59'

M. Singh 10.India

90'

S. Tavora 22.India

6.6

65'

D. Lalhlimpuia 19.India

P. Mohan 24.India

6.7

65'

B. Singh 77.India

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

The manager Staikos Vergetis decided to play with the following team: Ravi Kumar (6.6), Tekcham Abhishek Singh (6.8), Suresh Meitei (7.0), Dimitris Chatziisaias (7.5), Mohammed Salah (6.4), Ashish Pradhan (7.0), Nikhil Prabhu (7.0), Manglenthang Kipgen (6.1), Madih Talal (9.5), Luka Majcen (7.9) and Wilmar Jordan (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Khungdongbam Krishananda Singh (6.6), Maheson Tongbram Singh, Khaiminthang Lhungdim, Kiran Chemjong , Daniel Lalhlimpuia, Sahil Tavora (6.6), Prasanth Karuthadathkuni (6.7), Melroy Assisi and Bidyashagar Singh.

Minerva Punjab could not rely on the presence of Khungdongbam Krishananda Singh (injured).

Substitutions

Minerva Punjab made 4 changes: Manglenthang Kipgen for Prasanth Karuthadathkuni (65′), Ashish Pradhan for Sahil Tavora (65′), Wilmar Jordan for Khungdongbam Krishananda Singh (59′) and Madih Talal for Maheson Tongbram Singh (90′).

Player of the match: Madih Talal

The most impressive player for Minerva Punjab was Madih Talal.

His rating is 9.5 with 1 goal, 35 passes (94% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Bengaluru – Formation

Bengaluru

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 1.India

7.1

C. Konsham 3.India

6.4

Aleksandar Jovanovic 4.Australia

6.0

Slavko Damjanovic 23.Montenegro

6.6

84'

62'

Naorem Roshan Singh 32.India

7.3

70'

Ryan Williams 7.Australia

7.0

Suresh Singh 8.India

6.7

Javi Hernández 10.Spain

7.3

84'

Rohit Kumar 18.India

6.6

52'

35'

Lalremtluanga F 45.India

7.0

S. Chhetri 11.India

7.5

15'

Substitutes

S. Poonia 30.India

Shankar Sampingiraj 16.India

Namgyal Bhutia 25.India

Nikhil Poojary 27.India

6.4

52'

Chingambam Shivaldo Singh 51.India

6.4

70'

H. Patre 49.India

Halicharan Narzary 19.India

6.4

84'

R. Danu 24.India

Siva Sakthi N 39.India

6.6

84'

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

Gerard Zaragoza Mulet played with: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (7.1), Chinglensana Singh (6.4), Aleksandar Jovanovic (6.0), Slavko Damjanovic (6.6), Naorem Roshan Singh (7.3), Lalremtluanga F (7.0), Rohit Kumar (6.6), Ryan Williams (7.0), Javi Hernández (7.3), Suresh Singh (6.7) and Sunil Chhetri (7.5).

They had on the bench: Shankar Sampingiraj, Halicharan Narzary (6.4), Rohit Danu, Namgyal Bhutia, Nikhil Poojary (6.4), Sahil Poonia, Siva Sakthi N (6.6), Harsh Patre and Shivaldo Chingambam Singh (6.4).

Substitutions

Bengaluru made 3 changes: Rohit Kumar for Nikhil Poojary (52′), Slavko Damjanovic for Siva Sakthi N (84′) and Javi Hernández for Halicharan Narzary (84′).