MARGAO, GOA. NorthEast United defeats Goa with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by T. Jurić (69′) and an own goal from O. Onaindia (80′). Goa was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Fatorda Stadium) (Margao, Goa) stadium in Margao, Goa on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Jamal Mohamed with the help of and . The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.07 degrees Celsius or 84.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Goa had a strong ball possession 61% while NorthEast United was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Goa had a more offensive attitude with 121 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, NorthEast United succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Goa shot 24 times, 4 on target, 15 off target. Talking about the opposition, NorthEast United shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Goa received 1 yellow card (Borja Herrera). On the other side, NorthEast United received 4 yellow cards (Asheer Akhtar, Macarton Louis Nickson, Redeem Tlang and Jithin MS).

Standings

After this match, Goa stays with 28 points like Mumbai City to sit in the 4th place. On the other side, NorthEast United will has 19 points to sit in the 6th 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 statistic in favor of Jamshedpur (7 draws).

Goa – Formation

Goa adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Manuel Márquez Roca decided to play with the following team: Arshdeep Singh (6.7), Seriton Fernandes (6.8), Odei Onaindia (6.4), Nim Dorjee Tamang (6.3), Jay Gupta (7.7), Carl McHugh (6.8), Ayush Dev Chhetri (6.4), Boris Thangjam (6.7), Borja Herrera (7.1), Brandon Fernandes (8.1) and Carlos Martinez Rodriguez (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Dheeraj Singh, Narayan Das, Noah Sadaoui (6.3), Raynier Fernandes, Mohammed Yasir, Udanta Singh (6.7), Rowllin Borges (6.7), Paulo Retre (6.8) and Brison Fernandes (6.7).

Goa could not rely on the presence of Rowllin Borges (injured).

Substitutions

Goa made 5 changes: Ayush Dev Chhetri for Rowllin Borges (70′), Borja Herrera for Paulo Retre (77′), Seriton Fernandes for Udanta Singh (77′), Boris Thangjam for Brison Fernandes (70′) and Carlos Martinez Rodriguez for Noah Sadaoui (60′).

Player of the match: Brandon Fernandes​

The most impressive player for Goa was Brandon Fernandes.

His rating is 8.1 with 28 passes (63% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 13 crosses.

NorthEast United – Formation

Also NorthEast United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Juan Pedro Benali played with: Mirshad Michu (8.2), Soraisham Dinesh Singh (7.3), Asheer Akhtar (7.7), Míchel Zabaco (7.0), Buanthanglun Samte (7.0), Mohamed Ali Bemammer (7.3), Hamza Regragui (7.1), Redeem Tlang (7.3), Bekey Oram (6.4), Jithin MS (6.6) and Tomi Jurić (8.2).

They had on the bench: Dipesh Chauhan, Ngasepam Tondonba Singh, Néstor Albiach (7.0), Romain Philippoteaux (6.8), Parthib Gogoi, Gaurav Bora (6.4), Macarton Louis Nickson (7.0), Huidrom Thoi Singh and Konsam Phalguni Singh.

Substitutions

NorthEast United made 4 changes: Redeem Tlang for Gaurav Bora (89′), Tomi Jurić for Romain Philippoteaux (70′), Hamza Regragui for Néstor Albiach (60′) and Bekey Oram for Macarton Louis Nickson (60′).

Player of the match: Tomi Jurić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for NorthEast United was Tomi Jurić.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 21 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

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

• Goa – NorthEast United – 0-2