KOLKATA. ATK Mohun Bagan conquers East Bengal 3-1. ATK Mohun Bagan was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Jason Cummings (27′), Liston Colaco (36′) and Dimitri Petratos (45′). East Bengal reduced the distance with a goal (53′) by Saúl Crespo, but there was not much to do for them.
Cleiton Silva squandered a decisive penalty (14′). That would have allowed East Bengal to draw the match.
The match was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium in Kolkata on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Tejas Nagvenkar assisted by Sapam Kennedy and . The 4th official was R Venkatesh. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 29.48 degrees Celsius or 85.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 15%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 11 Total 15
- 4 On Target 5
- 5 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 90 Attack 78
- 49 Dangerous attack 65
- 79 Ball safe 78
- 1 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 5 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. East Bengal was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. ATK Mohun Bagan that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
ATK Mohun Bagan was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why ATK Mohun Bagan won the encounter.
East Bengal shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, ATK Mohun Bagan shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
East Bengal received 7 yellow cards (Ajay Chhetri, Aleksandar Pantić, Vishnu PV, Carles Cuadrat, Naorem Mahesh Singh, Sayan Banerjee and Kamaljit Singh). On the other side, ATK Mohun Bagan received 4 yellow cards (Armando Sadiku, Dimitri Petratos, Armando Sadiku and Vishal Kaith).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, East Bengal stays with 18 points like Chennaiyin to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, ATK Mohun Bagan will has 36 points like Mumbai City to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the ATK Mohun Bagan will play away against Kerala Blasters on the 13th of March with a 5-1 head to head in favor of ATK Mohun Bagan (1 draw).
East Bengal – Formation
East Bengal
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East Bengal started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Carles Cuadrat decided to play with the following team: Prabhsukhan Gill , Lalchungnunga , Aleksandar Pantić , Hijazi Maher , Nishu Kumar , Souvik Chakraborty , Ajay Chhetri , Naorem Mahesh Singh , Saúl Crespo , Cleiton Silva and Nandha Kumar Sekar .
The home team had on the bench: Kamaljit Singh, Harmanjot Singh Khabra , Edwin Sydney Vanspaul, Víctor Vázquez, V.P. Suhair, Gursimrat Gill, Vishnu PV , Sayan Banerjee and Felicio Brown Forbes .
East Bengal could not rely on the presence of Vishnu PV (injured).
Substitutions
East Bengal made 4 changes: Lalchungnunga for Sayan Banerjee (46′), Ajay Chhetri for Vishnu PV (46′), Saúl Crespo for Felicio Brown Forbes (85′) and Souvik Chakraborty for Harmanjot Singh Khabra (89′).
Player of the match: Saúl Crespo
The player that probably impressed the most for East Bengal was Saúl Crespo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 51 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
ATK Mohun Bagan – Formation
ATK Mohun Bagan
ATK Mohun Bagan started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Antonio López Habas played with: Vishal Kaith , Anwar Ali , Hector Yuste , Subhasish Bose , Sahal Abdul Samad , Joni Kauko , Abhishek Suryavanshi , Dimitri Petratos , Manvir Singh , Jason Cummings and Liston Colaco .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Brendan Hamill, Anirudh Thapa , Lalrinliana Hnamte, Kiyan Nassiri, Arsh Anwer Shaikh, Dippendu Biswas, Asish Rai , Amandeep and Armando Sadiku .
Substitutions
ATK Mohun Bagan made 3 changes: Liston Colaco for Asish Rai (67′), Jason Cummings for Anirudh Thapa (67′) and Sahal Abdul Samad for Armando Sadiku (83′).
Player of the match: Dimitri Petratos
The player that probably impressed the most for ATK Mohun Bagan was Dimitri Petratos.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 15 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
