MARGAO, GOA. Goa succeeded in reverse the score against Bengaluru to win 2-1. It was Bengaluru to strike first with an early goal of Shivaldo Chingambam Singh at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 22′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Boris Thangjam gave the win to Goa in the 81′ minute. Goa was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Suresh Singh received a red card (47′). This red card was one of the reason why Bengaluru lost the match.
The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Fatorda Stadium) (Margao, Goa) stadium in Margao, Goa on Thursday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Crystal John who had the assistance of and . The 4th official was Pratik Mondal. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.58 degrees Celsius or 90.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Goa had a strong ball possession 68% while Bengaluru was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Goa was putting more pressure with 117 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Goa won the match.
Goa shot 22 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Bengaluru shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Goa received 4 yellow cards (Jay Gupta, Jay Gupta, Udanta Singh and Narayan Das). Regarding the opposition, Bengaluru received 2 yellow cards (Slavko Damjanovic and Aleksandar Jovanovic).
Also, Bengaluru didn’t end the match with 11 players after Suresh Singh (Bengaluru) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (47′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Goa has 36 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru will stays with 21 points like Jamshedpur and Minerva Punjab to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
Goa – Formation
Goa
46'
31'
22'
Goa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Manuel Márquez Roca decided to play with the following team: Dheeraj Singh , Seriton Fernandes , Odei Onaindia , Nim Dorjee Tamang , Narayan Das , Rowllin Borges , Carl McHugh , Boris Thangjam , Brandon Fernandes , Noah Sadaoui and Carlos Martinez Rodriguez .
The home team had on the bench: Raynier Fernandes, Arshdeep Singh, Udanta Singh , Saviour Gama, Borja Herrera , Paulo Retre , Jay Gupta , Brison Fernandes and Muhammed Nemil Vailiyattil .
Substitutions
Goa made 5 changes: Narayan Das for Jay Gupta (46′), Carl McHugh for Borja Herrera (66′), Seriton Fernandes for Udanta Singh (66′), Noah Sadaoui for Paulo Retre (86′) and Brandon Fernandes for Muhammed Nemil Vailiyattil (84′).
Player of the match: Boris Thangjam
The player that probably impressed the most for Goa was Boris Thangjam.
His rating is with 1 goal, 46 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.
Bengaluru – Formation
Bengaluru
47'
Bengaluru started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Gerard Zaragoza Mulet played with: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu , Nikhil Poojary , Aleksandar Jovanovic , Slavko Damjanovic , Naorem Roshan Singh , Shivaldo Chingambam Singh , Chinglensana Singh , Suresh Singh , Javi Hernández , Sunil Chhetri and Ryan Williams .
They had on the bench: Keziah Veendorp , Jessel Carneiro , Shankar Sampingiraj, Rohit Kumar , Oliver Drost , Sahil Poonia, Siva Sakthi N , Lalremtluanga F and Harsh Patre.
Substitutions
Bengaluru made 5 changes: Javi Hernández for Keziah Veendorp (58′), Shivaldo Chingambam Singh for Jessel Carneiro (58′), Ryan Williams for Oliver Drost (75′), Sunil Chhetri for Rohit Kumar (75′) and Chinglensana Singh for Siva Sakthi N (83′).
Player of the match: Aleksandar Jovanovic
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bengaluru was Aleksandar Jovanovic.
His rating is with 32 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
