Match Report
3 points and 3 places separated them: East Bengal 1st with 26, Bengaluru 4th with 23. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, East Bengal ran at 2.31 scored and 0.85 conceded, Bengaluru at 1.38 and 0.92.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Bengaluru.
7 meetings are on record — 2 won by East Bengal, 3 by Bengaluru, 2 drawn, at 2.43 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium, capacity 85,000, hosted the game. Bengaluru led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
East Bengal: Anwar Ali (21'), Saúl Crespo (55'), Anton Sojberg (90') · Bengaluru: Ashique Kuruniyan (12'), Suresh Singh (39'), Ryan Williams (71')
Key stats
Possession: East Bengal 33% · Bengaluru 67% · Total shots: 16-15 · On target: 7-7 · Corners: 4-9