BANGALORE. Bengaluru tops Chennaiyin 1-0 after R. Williams scored just 1 goal (62′). Bengaluru made the most of its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Crystal John assisted by Sumanta Dutta and . The 4th official was Tejas Nagvenkar. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.31 degrees Celsius or 86.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 13 Total 9
- 2 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 7
- 5 Shots blocked 0
- 95 Attack 79
- 63 Dangerous attack 59
- 80 Ball safe 64
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Bengaluru had a strong ball possession 56% while Chennaiyin was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bengaluru was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bengaluru won the match.
Bengaluru shot 13 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Chennaiyin shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Bengaluru didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Chennaiyin received 2 yellow cards (Ankit Mukherjee and Golui Sarthak).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Bengaluru has 14 points to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Chennaiyin will stays with 12 points like East Bengal to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Indian Super League, Bengaluru will play away against Jamshedpur on the 11th of February with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Bengaluru (3 draws).
Bengaluru – Formation
Bengaluru
90'
62'
Bengaluru started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Gerard Zaragoza Mulet decided to play with the following team: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu , Nikhil Poojary , Chinglensana Singh , Aleksandar Jovanovic , Naorem Roshan Singh , Shivaldo Chingambam Singh , Harsh Patre , Suresh Singh , Javi Hernández , Sunil Chhetri and Ryan Williams .
The home team had on the bench: Shankar Sampingiraj, Halicharan Narzary , Oliver Drost , Slavko Damjanovic, Rohit Danu, Sahil Poonia, Siva Sakthi N, Monirul Molla and Lalremtluanga F.
Substitutions
Bengaluru made 3 changes: Shivaldo Chingambam Singh for Halicharan Narzary (55′), Suresh Singh for Lalremtluanga F (90′) and Javi Hernández for Oliver Drost (55′).
Player of the match: Ryan Williams
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bengaluru was Ryan Williams.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.
Chennaiyin – Formation
Chennaiyin
90'
Chennaiyin started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Owen Coyle played with: Debjit Majumder , Ankit Mukherjee , Ryan Edwards , Golui Sarthak , Aakash Sangwan , Mobashir Rahman , Ninthoinganba Meetei , Connor Shields , Rafael Crivellaro , Rahim Ali and Jordan Murray .
They had on the bench: Samik Mitra, Lazar Ćirković , Alexander Romario Jesuraj, Irfan Yadwad , Ayush Adhikari , Bikash Yumnam, Yumkhaibam Jiteshwor Singh, Vincy Barretto and Farukh Choudhary .
Substitutions
Chennaiyin made 5 changes: Rahim Ali for Farukh Choudhary (75′), Mobashir Rahman for Ayush Adhikari (58′), Rafael Crivellaro for Lazar Ćirković (68′), Ninthoinganba Meetei for Irfan Yadwad (69′) and Golui Sarthak for Vincy Barretto (69′).
Player of the match: Connor Shields
The player that probably impressed the most for Chennaiyin was Connor Shields.
His rating is with 30 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
- Bengaluru – Chennaiyin – 1-0
