ISL 2020-21 NorthEast United FC vs SC East Bengal Live Score and Commentary: NorthEast United takes 1-0 lead against East Bengal

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Chandra Moulee
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ISL2020-21 NorthEast United FC vs SC East Bengal Live Score and Commentary: After successive defeats against ATK Mohun Bagan and Mumbai City FC, SC East Bengal will look to register their first win as they take on NorthEast United FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the Tilak Maidan tonight.

HALF-TIME: NorthEast United 1-0 SC East Bengal

75′- Cooling Break

The players are now taking a cooling break, as we head into the last quarter of the game.

72′-Pilkington from range! He’s created a yard for himself, and then gets venom behind his shot, but that has gone high, and Gurmeet can watch it sail over.

71′- East Bengal survives a scare

That is one of the most curious shots you’ll see from Sylla! East Bengal have given the ball away cheaply, and that has gone through to Sylla. His left-footed shot has gone well wide.

68′- Rafique with a shot! That’s a good cross from Ambekar towards Vineeth, but Lambot clears it out only as far as Rafique on the edge of the area, his shot is wild, and wide.

20.54

64′- Double Substitution for NEUFC

20.51

61′- Anthony Pilkington makes a run towards the box. He fires a shot towards goal. It is right at the keeper who pushes it out.

59′- Injury scare for East Bengal

Gurjinder Kumar catches Jacques Maghoma’s on the ankle. Maghoma is in pain on the floor and the referee awards a free kick to SCEB. Lucky for SC East Bengal that he is able to continue.

57′- Ninthoinganba Meetei plays a pin-point pass to Kwesi Appiah, who is able to shoot the ball on target. However, Debjit Majumder has an easy save to make.

56′- Provat Lakra is able to launch the ball long for Idrissa Sylla. Debjit Majumder sees the danger and comes off his line to catch the ball.

54′- The first 9 minutes of this half have been every frantic. The play is swinging from end to end. Both teams have come out to win this.

20.40

51′- Maghoma carries the ball forward, and looks to dribble past a host of defenders, but eventually it is Lambot who gets in the way and denies him.

48′- Ambitious effort!

Luis Machado takes a shot from outside the box. It hits his own player and rolls towards another player who is quite outside the box. He takes a shot but it is a weak one and an easy save in the end.

47′- Khassa Camara has gone right over the top of Maghoma as he tries to win a header, and then lands awkwardly.

46′- Substitution for East Bengal

46′- NEUFC gets us underway! All to play for in this half. Will SC East Bengal be able to earn their first points?

SECOND HALF

HALF-TIME: NorthEast United 1-0 SC East Bengal

20.17

45 + 1′ -Maghoma wins a corner in the first of two added minutes. He dribbles at Ashutosh, and then plays the ball off the right-back for a corner.

45′- 2 extra minutes have been added on

20.11: Was that a penalty?

42′- Another great piece of play in possession from East Bengal, and they eventually find their captain on the edge of the box. His left-footed shot is high and wild.

20.05: 100 goals in ISL for NorthEast United FC

33′- Goooooal!

30′- Cooling Break

The players take a break for some refreshments and discuss some strategies.

28′- Terrific play from Ninthoi on the right flank! He teases Narine, and then motors past him on the flank. He looks to find Appiah with a cut-back but Sehnaj has cut that out superbly with a sliding intervention.
29′- Narayan Das receives the ball on the left flank from a cross. He crosses the ball into the box and Lambot is able to kick the ball out for a throw-in to SCEB.

24′- Big miss for NEUFC

Nice touch by Ninthoinganba Meetei. He gets the ball on the right flank and with his first touch, he sets off towards the by line. He crosses the ball and Kwesi Appiah shoots. Courtesy a block from the goalkeeper who is able to save it comfortably.

23′- East Bengal are given a free-kick on the halfway line, and they find Neville at the back-post with it. He tries to head it across goal, but that has gone straight to Gurmeet.

19.56

19′- A loud shout from East Bengal players for a penalty!

East Bengal cannot believe they haven’t been given a penalty there. From the looks of it, it certainly looked like it but the referee does not agree.
 
Narayan finds Maghoma in the box, and he flicks the ball past Ashutosh. It looks like the East Bengal attacker has been clipped, but MB Santosh Kumar says nothing doing. Robbie Fowler is fuming. The replays show that was a nailed-on penalty.

18′- Jacques Maghoma is on the ball. He is closely watched by Ashutosh Mehta. He pokes the ball ahead and chases after it. Mehta is almost beaten for pace but somehow he wins a throw-in from Maghoma’s final touch.

19.45

13′- Foul awarded to East Bengal!
NEUFC player commits a foul and a free kick is given to SCEB. Anthony Pilkington shoots but it goes out for a corner. Nothing results from the corner though.
12′- Pilkington hits the wall! NorthEast have five men in the wall, and Mashoor in the middle of it gets his head on the ball to deflect it behind for a corner.

19.41

19.39

8′- For the third time in a couple of minutes, Maghoma has given the ball away cheaply. NorthEast break forward down their right, and Ninthoi finds a cross to Sylla at the back-post, but his header has gone straight out of play for a goal-kick.

5′- East Bengal have a free-kick in a promising position, this time on the other flank. Gurjinder jumps straight into the back of PIlkington, and now the East Bengal skipper will take the free-kick.

19.34

19.33

2′- Yellow Card

NorthEast United FC full-back Ashutosh Mehta puts in a mistimed sliding tackle and SC East Bengal’s Jacques Maghoma goes to the ground. The referee books Ashutosh.

1′- East Bengal get us underway. This is a match-up between an unbeaten team and a team still searching for their first point. Who will come out on top?

FIRST HALF

19.27: The flip of the coin favours Anthony Pilkington and SCEB will kick from right to left in the first half.

19.25: Both sides come out on the field and are standing either side of the referee in respect of the Indian National Anthem.

19.20

19.04

19.00: East Bengal warming up for tonight’s match!

We are exactly 30 minutes away from kickoff!

18.50

18.40

Only one change for East Bengal, as Sehnaj Singh comes in for Danny Fox.NorthEast United are starting with both Idrissa Sylla and Kwesi Appiah upfront.

18.37

18.30
Team News

NEUFC XI: Gurmeet (GK), Benjamin Lambot, Ashutosh Mehta, Gurjinder Kumar, Mashoor Shereef, Lalengmawia, Khassa Camara, Luis Machado, Idrissa Sylla, Kwesi Appiah, Ninthoinganba Meetei.

SCEB XI: Debjit Majumder (GK), Narayan Das, Scott Neville, Mohamed Irshad, Surchandra Singh, Sehnaj Singh, Anthony Pilkington, Jacques Maghoma, Wahengbam Luwang, Matti Steinmann, Balwant Singh

18.10

NorthEast United FC make their way into the stadium.

18.00

 

Coach Robbie Fowler’s side is yet to score in the league and have conceded 5 goals in their opening two fixtures. The former Liverpool striker believes that it was individual errors that cost his side the points. “In all honesty, I will love to have them (more reinforcement) in all areas of the park. But I can’t complain because we have what we have. Individual errors have cost us,” Fowler said in an ISL media release.

Meanwhile, NorthEast will aim to carry on with their positive start to the season. “We want to compete. We are going in a good direction. We have to improve a lot. The goal for this season is to be competitive. We have to take one game at a time. We will do everything we can to win,” said coach Gerard Nus.
NorthEast United might have a lot going for them but the one area that is a concern is scoring from open play. Three of the four goals that Highlanders have scored are from set-pieces.

“We are working to create chances from open play and set-pieces,” said Nus. “We will not have only one plan. We are focussing on ourselves. We watched them (East Bengal) play and they did not have the results they wanted. But they are going to be difficult and a threat to us. It will be a tough game. We know how good they are with the ball. They are well organised during set-pieces. We are going to stop them and create chances against them. That’s the plan.”

“We have many new faces. We have six foreign players and many Indians who are new. This is a short season. We have established a plan since day one. We have started to bring in tactical ideas,” added Nus.
With both sides letting their opponents have most of the ball in their previous matches and preferring to attack on the counter, Saturday’s clash will make for interesting viewing.

HEAD TO HEAD:

This is the first time the teams will be locking horns in the Indian Super League.

MATCH DETAILS:

Date: Friday, 05th December, 2020
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Place: Tilak Maidan, Vasco da Gama-Goa
Teams: NorthEast United FC, SC East Bengal

When does NorthEast United vs East Bengal kick off? Saturday 5th December, 2020 at 7.30PM IST

Where is NorthEast United vs East Bengal being played? Tilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco da Gama

Where can I get tickets for NorthEast United vs East Bengal? Ticket information can be found on each club’s official website

What TV channel is NorthEast United vs East Bengal?

NorthEast United FC vs East Bengal will be broadcast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 3, Star Sports 1 Hindi and their respective HD TV channels in India.

Where can I stream NorthEast United vs East Bengal? Online live streaming of Chennaiyin FC vs Bengaluru FC will be available on Disney+ Hotstar and Jio TV.

TEAM NEWS

NorthEast United FC Predicted XI

NorthEast United FC: Dylan Fox, Benjamin Lambot, Khassa Camara, Federico Gallego, Kwesi Appiah, Idrissa Sylla, Subhasish Roy, Luís Machado, Gurjinder Kumar, Lalengmawia, Ashutosh Mehta

SC East Bengal Predicted XI

SC East Bengal: Anthony Pilkington, Jacques Maghoma, Matti Steinmann, Daniel Fox, Narayan Das, Debjit Majumder, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Scott Neville, Balwant Singh, Mohammed Rafique, Surchandra Singh

THE PREDICTION

Robbie Fowler’s East Bengal have not enjoyed the start they would have hoped for in this season’s Indian Super League, as they sit rock bottom of the table with two defeats from their first two games. They’ll be hoping to snap this losing run against NorthEast United, who have five points from their opening three matches.

East Bengal have conceded five goals and scored none of their own so far and whilst they may find the net for the first time this season against a team who have conceded in each of their last two games, East Bengal’s defensive frailties are likely to be exposed again here as NorthEast United certainly have the firepower to put them to the sword and pick up another three points.

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