Goa FC VS East Bengal FC football match ended with FC Goa winning 1-0 at home in the Indian Super League Match. Noah Sadaoui scored the only goal of the match in the 42nd minute. In the Second Half, FC Goa was solid at the back and they were hard to break. East Bengal does not have any clear-cut chances in the second half to make any sort of Comeback.
FC Goa with this win had 32 points in 17 matches and stands at the fourth position of the Indian Super league table. East Bengal had 18 points in 18 matches and stands in the 9th position in the league table.
East Bengal starting eleven
Coach Carles Cuadrat Starts with Prabhsukhan Singh Gill in the goal. Hijazi Maher and Aleksandar Pantić playing in the Centre-back position. Nishu Kumar plays as left side-back and Lalchungnunga plays as right side-back. Víctor Vázquez and Souvik Chakrabarti play as a defensive midfielder. Vishnu Puthiya Valappill is in the left wing and Nanda Kumar is in the right wing. Naorem Mahesh Singh plays as center playing in the center Attacking Midfielder. Cleiton Silva Playing as a forward. Carles Cuadrat chose to play with a 4-2-3-1 formation.
F.C Goa Starting Eleven
Manolo Márquez starting eleven for this game was Dheeraj Singh in goal. Odei Onaindia and Nim Dorjee Tamang are in center-back positions. Seriton Fernandes plays as the Right side-back and Jay Gupta plays as the left side-back. Rowllin Borges and Borja Herrera were Defensive Midfielder. Mohammad Yasir is in the left wing and Boris Singh Thangjam is in the right wing. Carlos Martínez and Noah Sadaoui are paying as a center forward. FC Goa is playing with a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Goa FC VS East Bengal FC: Goa FC won 1-0 against East Bengal
First Half
Goa FC looking for a win in this match in Fatorda Stadium. Goa FC did not find a victory in their last five matches in the Indian Super League. East Bengal lost their last match and they want to win this game to gain maximum points from this match.
Goa FC was under pressure in the early minutes of the match. In the 7th minute, Cleiton Silva tried to score from the difficult angle from the left but defenders blocked his left-footed shot for safety.
Goa FC after settling down in this match had a chance in the 12th minute, Carlos Martinez played a ball to Noah Sadaoui who took a left-footed shot from the center of Goa FC’s box and forced Prabhsukhan Singh Gill to make a save.
In the 18th minute, Borja Herrera crossed the ball into the box from a set-piece and Rowllin Borges headed the ball way too high another chance of Goa FC gone to waste. In the 22nd minute, Carlos Martinez played a ball to Rowllin Borges who took the shot from the center of the box and Prabhsukhan Singh Gill denied him by showing his Goalkeepers Skills.
In the 33rd minute, Nanda Kumar played a cross into the box from the right flank and found Naorem Mahesh Singh in the center of the box Naorem Mahesh Singh took a right-footed shot but his efforts went wide to the left side of the goal.
In the 42nd minute of the match, Mohamad Yasir played a ball to Noah Sadaoui who was on the left side of the box he took left footed shot and the ball went into the top left corner of the goal. FC Goa Leading 1-0 in this match in front of their fans. The First Half ended with a 1-0 scoreline FC Goa leading in this match at Fatorda Stadium.
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Second Half
Both Teams remain the same as in the first half. In the early minutes of the second half, FC Goa was relentless in the attack and East Bengal FC’s defense was on their toes they blocked 3 shots in the early minutes of the second Half. Seriton Fernandes and Carlos Martínez missed their chances to score the goal. Both of them missed the target with their efforts.
In the 60th minute, Rowllin Borges put a cross into the box and Noah Sadaoui headed the ball toward the goal but his effort was saved by Prabhsukhan Singh Gill. In the 68th minute, Felicio Brown Forbes tried his luck from outside of the box with his right foot but the Goa Defender blocked his shot.
In the 71st minute, Naorem Mahesh Singh put a cross in the box and Cleiton Silva headed the ball but he could not keep his header on the target ball went wide to the left. In the 84th minute, Cleiton Silva played a ball to Felicio Brown Forbes who took left left-footed shot from outside of the box and His shot was saved by Dheeraj Singh.
FC Goa showed their defensive solidarity and they were hard to break in the second half of the match. The referee blew a full-time whistle. FC Goa defeated East Bengal 1-0 in Fatorda Stadium.