Welcome to Sportstar’s dwell weblog of the East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC Indian Super League 2022-23 match from the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) in Kolkata.
7:25 PM: The groups are making their approach on the pitch. Kick-off in 5 minutes. Stay tuned for dwell updates
Paying tribute to the King!!

Cleiton Silva of East Bengal FC pays tribute to Pele on the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata in India on thirtieth December 2022.
| Photo Credit: Abhijit Addya /Focus Sports/ ISL
East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC Head-to-Head report
Played: 5
East Bengal win: 2
Bengaluru FC win: 2
Draw: 1
Teams are warming up!!
East Bengal and Bengaluru FC gamers heat up earlier than the beginning of the match.
| Photo Credit: Aneesh Dey
East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC Starting Lineups!!
East Bengal Starting XI: Suvam Sen (GK), Ankit Mukherjee, Ivan Gonzalez, Lalchungnunga, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Alex Lima, Mobashir Rahman, Jordan O’Doherty, Suhair Vadakkepeedika, Cleiton Silva (C), and Naorem Singh.
Bengaluru FC Starting XI: Gurpreet Sandhu (GK), Namgyal Bhutia, Sandesh Jhingan, Alan Costa, Parag Shrivas, Roshan Naorem, Suresh Wangjam, Javier Hernandez, Pablo Perez, Roy Krishna, and Sunil Chhetri (C).
Match Preview
East Bengal FC can be resuming its seek for the primary win at house because the ‘Red and Gold brigade’ returns after a 13-day break to fulfill Bengaluru FC, on the Salt Lake Stadium on Friday.
The two sides are positioned shut to one another within the backside half of the present standings and can be wanting to get the complete quota of factors to maintain the play-off qualification probabilities alive. Bengaluru is within the eighth place with 10 factors, whereas East Bengal is positioned subsequent with 9 factors. When the 2 sides met within the first part of the match, East Bengal notched a slender 1-0 win over Bengaluru within the latter’s yard.
In its earlier outing, East Bengal misplaced 3-0 in opposition to Mumbai City FC, to see its dream of profitable the primary house recreation prolonged to a different spherical. With seven losses within the final 10 outings, East Bengal shall be hard-pressed to raised its efficiency and search the fourth win of the match. “Three wins in ten games is not good enough, but we have assessed the performance so far, and the players are working hard in training. We just need to be patient because we are on the right track,” stated the East Bengal coach Stephen Constantine.
Much just like the host, Bengaluru FC has additionally been in a position to get three wins in 11 matches and was blanked 3-0 at house by Hyderabad FC within the earlier match.
“We have to put our results together, work hard and get wins regardless of who we are playing. While the objective is achievable, we have got to believe we can do that,” stated Bengaluru FC coach Simon Grayson.
“We have developed better in possession, created more chances, and our performance has been pleasing to the eye. We have got to now turn good performances into good wins,” he added.
The two sides have confronted one another 5 occasions within the match with every having a few wins to its credit score. One match resulted in a draw.
-Amitabha Das Sharma
East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC Predicted XI
East Bengal (4-4-2): Kamaljit Singh (GK); Ankit Mukherjee, Lalchungnunga, Ivan Gonzalez, Jerry Lalrinzuala; Aniket Jadhav, Alex Lima, Charalambos Kyriakou, Naorem Mahesh Singh; Semboi Haokip, Cleiton Silva
Bengaluru FC (5-3-2): Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK); Namgyal Bhutia, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Sandesh Jhingan, Parag Shrivas, Naorem Roshan Singh; Javi Hernández, Suresh Singh, Danish Farooq; Sunil Chhetri, Roy Krishna
East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC: When and the place to observe
Where to observe East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC ISL match?
The East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC ISL match shall be telecasted dwell on the Star Sports community and can be streamed on Hotstar app/web site.
When does the East Bengal vs Bengaluru FCISL match begin?
The East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC ISL match match kicks-off at 7:30pm IST on theVivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) in Kolkata.
