KOLKATA. East Bengal overcomes Chennaiyin 1-0 after N. Kumar scored just 1 goal (65′).

The match was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium in Kolkata on Monday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Aditya Purkayastha assisted by and . The 4th official was Tejas Nagvenkar. The weather was haze. The temperature was hot at 27.75 degrees Celsius or 81.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. East Bengal was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Chennaiyin that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Chennaiyin had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, East Bengal was able to find the solution to win this match.​

East Bengal shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Chennaiyin shot 15 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

East Bengal received 6 yellow cards (Hijazi Maher, Víctor Vázquez, Hijazi Maher, Souvik Chakraborty, Carles Cuadrat and Vishnu PV). On the opposite side, Chennaiyin received 2 yellow cards (Ankit Mukherjee and Ryan Edwards).

Standings

After this match, East Bengal has 18 points like Bengaluru to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Chennaiyin will stays with 15 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, East Bengal will play away against Odisha FC on the 29th of February with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Odisha FC (1 draw).

East Bengal – Formation

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

The manager Carles Cuadrat decided to play with the following team: Prabhsukhan Gill (7.3), Mohammad Rakip (6.8), Lalchungnunga (6.4), Hijazi Maher (7.0), Nishu Kumar (6.4), Víctor Vázquez (6.8), Souvik Chakraborty (6.7), Naorem Mahesh Singh (6.4), Cleiton Silva (6.8), Nandha Kumar Sekar (7.5) and Felicio Brown Forbes (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Kamaljit Singh, Ajay Chhetri (6.7), Edwin Sydney Vanspaul, Mandar Rao Desai (6.8), V.P. Suhair, Aleksandar Pantić (7.0), Gursimrat Gill, Vishnu PV (7.3) and Sayan Banerjee.

East Bengal could not rely on the presence of Ajay Chhetri (injured).

Substitutions

East Bengal made 5 changes: Nishu Kumar for Mandar Rao Desai (46′), Felicio Brown Forbes for Vishnu PV (46′), Mohammad Rakip for Aleksandar Pantić (46′), Víctor Vázquez for V.P. Suhair (90′) and Naorem Mahesh Singh for Ajay Chhetri (75′).

Player of the match: Nandha Kumar Sekar​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for East Bengal was Nandha Kumar Sekar.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 21 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Chennaiyin – Formation

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

Owen Coyle played with: Debjit Majumder (6.4), Ankit Mukherjee (7.0), Bikash Yumnam (7.0), Ryan Edwards (7.0), Aakash Sangwan (7.3), Lazar Ćirković (6.8), Vincy Barretto (7.1), Connor Shields (7.7), Farukh Choudhary (7.1), Rahim Ali (7.1) and Jordan Murray (7.0).

They had on the bench: Samik Mitra, Cristian Battocchio (6.4), Ninthoinganba Meetei (7.0), Golui Sarthak (7.0), Sachu Siby, Irfan Yadwad (6.7), Mobashir Rahman, Rafael Crivellaro (6.8) and Prateek Kumar Singh.

Chennaiyin could not rely on the presence of Golui Sarthak (injured).

Substitutions

Chennaiyin made 5 changes: Lazar Ćirković for Rafael Crivellaro (67′), Vincy Barretto for Ninthoinganba Meetei (67′), Jordan Murray for Cristian Battocchio (78′), Farukh Choudhary for Irfan Yadwad (78′) and Aakash Sangwan for Golui Sarthak (61′).

Player of the match: Connor Shields​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Chennaiyin was Connor Shields.

His rating is 7.7 with 22 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• East Bengal – Chennaiyin – 1-0