East Bengal dominate Jamshedpur, registering back-to-back away victories for the first time: The unfamiliar but effective sets of results continue for East Bengal as they register another away victory in the Hero Indian Super League against Jamshedpur FC at the Tata Complex Stadium, It is their third away victory of the campaign with the previous ones coming against NorthEast United and Bengaluru FC. Naorem Mahesh Singh was in delightful touch, securing three beautiful assists for Cleiton Silva (Brace) and Suhair VP. The final score read 3-1 in favor of the visitors.
East Bengal vs Jamshedpur
The Visitors made three changes to their lineup from the last match, including Jerry, Sarthak, and Lima by replacing Pritam, Ankit, and injured Kyriacou. Meanwhile, the host has also had their own changes as Dinliana, Seikh Sahil, Sawyer, and Chukwu replaced Uvais, Faruk, Wellington, and Ishan Pandita.
The game was off to a flying start with VP Suhair giving the lead to the visitors within the first 90 seconds. Naorem Mahesh whipped in a perfect cross from the left, finding onrushing Suhair who headed it in for the lead. The home side did a few adjustments and come back stronger creating loads of chances in quick succession. Jay Emmanuel Thomas went close several times but couldn’t find the back of the net. Meanwhile, the Red miner’s attacking approach played in hands of the away side as they launched another counter through Mahesh who released a delicate cross to find Cleiton who made no mistake to double the lead.
Jamshedpur created loads of chances with JET missing most of them, The home side was given a boost when the referee awarded a penalty late into the first half. JET successfully converted from the spot-kick to give them a chance to come back into the game.
EBFC vs JFC
However, in the second half, things did not change for the home side as the visitors were continuously posing threats down the channels. Naorem Mahesh once again produced a piece of brilliance, finding Cleition Silva by threading in a pass between the two central defenders and the goalkeeper and the Brazilian made no mistake to restore the double-goal advantage. After securing another two-goal lead through the attack, EBFC then solidified in defense, providing fewer scoring chances for Jamshedpur FC in the second half and securing a comprehensive victory on the road. East Bengal pick up back-to-back away victories for the first time in ISL history and now they will look to have better outings on their own backyard
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