North-East United VS Punjab FC football match ended with Punjab FC winning the Indian Super League match 1-0 in Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati. Tondonba Singh’s handball in the box cost North-East United this match. Wilmar Jordán scored from plenty and Punjab was able to defend their 1-0 lead till the end of the match.
Punjab FC with this win had 20 points in 18 matches of the Indian Super League and stands in the 9th position in the League table. North East United stands in the 8th position with 20 points in 18 matches.
North-East United Starting Eleven
Juan Pedro Benali starting eleven for this game was Gurmeet Singh in goal. Míchel Zabaco and Gaurav Bora are in center-back positions Soraisham Dinesh Singh plays as the Right side-back and Tondonba Singh plays as the left side-back. Macarton Louis Nickson and Mohammed Ali Bemammer were Defensive Midfielder. Jithin Madathil Subran is in the left wing and Néstor Albiach is in the right wing. Konsam Phalguni Singh plays as a center-attacking midfielder. Parthib Gogoi is paying as a center forward. North-East United was playing with a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Punjab FC Starting Eleven
Staikos Vergetis picked a starting eleven in which Ravi Kumar is the first-choice Goalkeeper. Dimitris Chatziisaias and Suresh Meitei are playing the center-back position. Mohamed Salah plays as the left-side back and Tekcham Abhishek Singh plays in the right-side back position. Nikhil Prabhu is in the Defensive midfielder role Ashish Pradhan and Ricky Shabong playing in mid-field. Madih Talal plays as the center-attacking midfielder. Luka Majcen and Wilmar Jordán Gil play as a center forward. Staikos Vergetis started with the traditional 4-2-1-2 Formation.
North-East United VS Punjab FC: Punjab FC won 1-0 against North-East United
First Half
North-East United looking for victory in front of their home fans in Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Punjab suffered a defeat in the last match of the Indian Super League they want to bounce back into winning ways.
In the Early minutes of the match Punjab FC dominated the home side and they were on the attack, Ricky Shabong played a ball to Luka Majcen who took a right-footed shot from the center of the box but his shot went over the bar. In the 5th minute, North-East United was on the attack, Konsam Phalguni Singh tried his luck from the outside of the box with a left-footed shot but the ball missed the target to the right.
In the 11th minute, Madih Talal played a pass to Wilmar Jordán Gil who was in the box and Wilmar Jordán Gil took right footed shot from the right side of the box and forced Gurmeet Singh to make a save. In the 25th minute, Jithin Madathil Subran found a space to play the pass for Parthib Gogoi inside the box. Parthib Gogoi took a right-footed shot from the center of the box and Ravi Kumar made a brilliant save.
In the 37th minute of the match, Macarton Louis Nickson found Jithin Madathil Subran with a pass. Jithin Madathil Subran took a right-footed shot from the outside of the box that went wide and high to the right of the goal.
The first half ended with a 0-0 Scoreline in Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Punjab had 57% ball possession and took 3 shots only 1 shot in the target. North-East United had 4 shots and only 1 shot on target.
Second Half
During the halftime break, both teams did not make any changes in their playing eleven. In the early minutes of the second half, Madih Talal played a pass to Wilmar Jordán Gil who took a right-footed shot from inside of the box and Gurmeet Singh made a save.
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In the 49th minute, Jithin Madathil Subran played a ball to Macarton Louis Nickson who took a shot from outside the box but his shot missed the top right corner of the goal. In the 62nd minute, Tondonba Singh had a handball inside the box and the Referee awarded plenty to Punjab FC. In the 63rd minute, Wilmar Jordán Gil scored a goal from the plenty spot.
In the 75th minute, Jithin Madathil Subran put a cross in the box and Néstor Albiach headed towards the goal but Ravi Kumar made a save for his team. In the 90th minute, Bekey Oram had a chance with a set piece but his shot from outside the box missed to the right.
The referee blew a full-time whistle match ended in favor of the visitors they won the match with a 1-0 scoreline. Punjab FC earned three points with this win.