Match Report
East Bengal went into the game 1st in the table on 26 points; Goa sat 7th on 20 — a 6-point gap. Per game in the league, East Bengal were scoring 2.31 and conceding 0.85, Goa 1.15 and 0.85, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 2 for East Bengal, 5 for Goa and 1 drawn, at 2.38 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 38% of the meetings went to the host.
The match was played at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium (capacity 85,000). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: East Bengal 54% · Goa 46% · Total shots: 20-6 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 1-3