KOLKATA. ATK Mohun Bagan beats NorthEast United 4-2. ATK Mohun Bagan was decisively better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium in Kolkata on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was with the assistance of and . The 4th official was Rahul Kumar Gupta. The weather was haze. The temperature was hot at 27.68 degrees Celsius or 81.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

ATK Mohun Bagan had a superior ball possession 65% while NorthEast United was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

NorthEast United was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, ATK Mohun Bagan found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

ATK Mohun Bagan shot 17 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, NorthEast United shot 10 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

ATK Mohun Bagan didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, NorthEast United received 1 yellow card (Redeem Tlang).

Standings

After this match, ATK Mohun Bagan has 29 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, NorthEast United will stays with 16 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the NorthEast United will play away against Jamshedpur on the 31st of January with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Jamshedpur (7 draws).

ATK Mohun Bagan – Formation

ATK Mohun Bagan started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Antonio López Habas decided to play with the following team: Vishal Kaith (7.0), Dippendu Biswas (6.6), Hector Yuste (7.1), Subhasish Bose (7.5), Abhishek Suryavanshi (7.3), Manvir Singh (7.0), Joni Kauko (9.1), Sahal Abdul Samad (7.1), Liston Colaco (7.5), Jason Cummings (8.7) and Dimitri Petratos (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Anwar Ali (7.0), Anirudh Thapa, Lalrinliana Hnamte (6.4), Deepak Tangri (6.8), Kiyan Nassiri, Arsh Anwer Shaikh, Asish Rai (7.1), Amandeep and Armando Sadiku (6.8).

Substitutions

ATK Mohun Bagan made 5 changes: Abhishek Suryavanshi for Asish Rai (60′), Dippendu Biswas for Anwar Ali (60′), Joni Kauko for Deepak Tangri (67′), Jason Cummings for Armando Sadiku (78′) and Sahal Abdul Samad for Lalrinliana Hnamte (78′).

Player of the match: Joni Kauko​

The player that probably impressed the most for ATK Mohun Bagan was Joni Kauko even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 9.1 with 26 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5.

NorthEast United – Formation

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

Juan Pedro Benali played with: Mirshad Michu (6.6), Soraisham Dinesh Singh (6.6), Asheer Akhtar (6.4), Míchel Zabaco (6.4), Buanthanglun Samte (6.3), Mohamed Ali Bemammer (6.3), Macarton Louis Nickson (6.4), Redeem Tlang (7.0), Néstor Albiach (7.3), Jithin MS (6.3) and Tomi Jurić (8.2).

These were the players on the bench: Dipesh Chauhan, Ngasepam Tondonba Singh, Hamza Regragui (6.4), Romain Philippoteaux (7.0), Parthib Gogoi (6.8), Gaurav Bora, Gani Nigam, Bekey Oram (6.3) and Konsam Phalguni Singh (6.6).

Substitutions

NorthEast United made 5 changes: Macarton Louis Nickson for Parthib Gogoi (75′), Néstor Albiach for Hamza Regragui (75′), Tomi Jurić for Romain Philippoteaux (64′), Redeem Tlang for Bekey Oram (87′) and Jithin MS for Konsam Phalguni Singh (87′).

Player of the match: Tomi Jurić​

The most impressive player for NorthEast United was Tomi Jurić.

His rating is 8.2 with 2 goals, 18 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• ATK Mohun Bagan – NorthEast United – 4-2
• Hyderabad – East Bengal – 0-1