Odisha FC VS East Bengal football match ended with Odisha FC winning the match 2-1 in the Indian Super League match at Kalinga Stadium. The visitors scored the first goal in 32 seconds of the match. Vishnu Puthiya Valappill Showed his dribbling skill and surprised home time with an early goal. Diego Maurício scored a goal from plenty spot in the 40th minute of the match and Princeton Rebello scored in the 61st minute to complete a comeback.
Odisha Had 35 points with this win in 17 matches and stands at the top of the Indian Super League table. East Bengal had 18 points in 17 matches and stands in eighth position on the league table.
East Bengal starting eleven
Coach Carles Cuadrat Starts with Prabhsukhan Singh Gill in the goal. Lalchungnunga and Aleksandar Pantić playing in the Centre-back position. Mandar Rao Desai plays as left side-back and Mohamad Rakip plays as right side-back. Ajay Chhetri plays as a defensive midfielder. Víctor Vázquez and Cleiton Silva are playing as attacking midfielder. VP Suhair is in the left wing and Vishnu Puthiya Valappill is in the right wing. Felicio Brown Forbes Playing as a forward. Carles Cuadrat chose to play with a 4-1-4-1 formation.
Odisha FC starting eleven
Coach Sergio Lobera Starts with Amrinder Singh in the goal. Narender Gahlot and Carlos Delgado playing in the Centre-back position. Jerry Lalrinzuala plays as left side-back and Amey Ranawade plays as right side-back. Ahmed Jahouh and Lalthathanga Khawlhring are playing in the midfield and Princeton Rebello Playing as an Attacking midfielder. Isak Vanlalruatfela is in the left wing and Roy Krishna is in the right wing. Diego Maurício Playing as a forward. Sergio Lobera chose to play with a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Odisha FC VS East Bengal: Odisha FC beat East Bengal 2-1
First Half
East Bengal wants to win this match to keep the moment up for the rest of the season. Odisha FC looking for three points with victory in this match to keep them at the top of the Indian Super League table. In the early minutes of the match, Vishnu Puthiya Valappill scored in the 32second in the match.
Vishnu Puthiya Valappill cuts three players of the Odisha FC and Shoots the ball from inside the box into the near post of the goal ball went in it’s a dream start for the Visitors.
In the 4th minute of the match, Vishnu Puthiya Valappill tried to score another goal from the distance but he lacked power in his shot and it was an easy save for the Odisha Goalkeeper. In the 14th minute, Ahmed Jahouh put a cross in the box East Bengal could not clear its line and the ball fell to Diego Maurício. Diego Maurício took a shot but could not find the target.
In the 15th minute, Roy Krishna motored forward and tried his luck with a hard and low shot but his shot was straight to the keeper of East Bengal who made a save. Chances keep coming for the home side and the team in red and yellow seems sloppy in defense.
In the 31st minute, Ahmed Jahouh’s first cross was saved by the keeper but the ball fell for Ahmed Jahouh way he put another cross in the box and found the header of Narender Gahlot and the ball rattled the side netting the goal.
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In the 40th minute of the match, Mohamad Rakip brought down Diego Maurício in the box and the referee awarded plenty to the home side. Diego Maurício did not make any mistake from the plenty spot and drew level terms with the visitors. The first half ended 1-1 at Kalinga Stadium.
Second Half
In the half-time break, East Bengal brings Naorem Mahesh Singh in place of VP Suhair and Souvik Chakrabarti in place of Ajay Chhetri. Odisha brings Vignesh Dakshinamurthy in place of Jerry Lalrinzuala.
In the 49th minute, Souvik Chakrabarti took a shot from the edge of the Odisha Box but his effort missed the target. In the 61st minute of the match, Ahmed Jahouh’s low delivery in the box from the corner found Princeton Rebello who scored the goal from the near post and gave the home side a 2-1 lead in this match.
East Bengal desperately looking for the equalizer but the Odisha Defensive unit was informed and they did not allow them to find any kind of break in their defense. East Bengal had half chances to score a goal but they lacked quality in front of the goal.
The referee blew a full-time whistle and Odisha won the match and picked up three important points from this match.