Match Report
East Bengal went into the game 1st in the table on 26 points; Jamshedpur sat 6th on 22 — a 4-point gap. Per game in the league, East Bengal were scoring 2.31 and conceding 0.85, Jamshedpur 1.15 and 0.77, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for East Bengal. Momentum sat with Jamshedpur, winners of their last three.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by East Bengal, 3 by Jamshedpur, 1 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 83% of the meetings. Historically tight: 17% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium, capacity 85,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: East Bengal led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
East Bengal: Edmund Lalrindika (40') · Jamshedpur: Rei Tachikawa (87'), Stephen Eze (61')
Key stats
Possession: East Bengal 55% · Jamshedpur 45% · Total shots: 18-10 · On target: 5-6 · Corners: 10-5