Match Report
23 points for East Bengal (2nd), 20 for Churchill Brothers (8th): a 3-point gap. Per game in the league, East Bengal were scoring 1.44 and conceding 1.13, Churchill Brothers 1.53 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Churchill Brothers had lost three in a row. From the last five rounds, East Bengal held 8 points of 15 and Churchill Brothers 1.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — East Bengal 2, draws 2, Churchill Brothers 1, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
The venue was Kanchanjangha Stadium in Siliguri, with room for 85,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Churchill Brothers led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.