NEUFC 0 - BFC 2 | NorthEast United FC vs Bengaluru FC - Live Football Score, Match 40 - Summary
Indian Super League, 2019-20
Date: Dec 18, 2019 Start Time: 18:00 ISTVenue: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
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NorthEast United FC Vs Bengaluru FC Live Football Score - Match 40, Indian Super League, 2019-20
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NorthEast United will look take advantage of a wounded Bengaluru FC in match 40 of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20. The match will be played at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in December 18, 2019 (Wednesday). Thge defending champions were defeated by Mumbai City in their last ISL encounter as their unbeates run at home came to an end. NorthEast themselves were defeated by ATK but will look to make home advantage count when they welcome Bengaluru.
Highlanders have gone off the boil in recent matches as they are winless in their last three games and will be looking to get back to winning ways. Asamoah Gyan will not be available for this clash as the Ghanaian is out due to injury. Mumbai ended Bengaluru’s 19-game unbeaten run at home last time around and the defending champions will be looking to bounce back from that disappointing defeat. Goals have been hard to come by for the Blues as they are now the lowest scoring team in the top four and have scored just thrice on their last four matches on the road. After seeing their unbeaten record at home ended by Mumbai, Bengaluru will be eager to set things right against NorthEast and bounce back with a commanding win.
Possible Line-Ups:
NorthEast United FC: Subhasish Roy (GK), Mislav Komorski, Kai Heerings, Rakesh Pradhan, Reagan Singh, Jose Leudo, Panagiotis Triadis, Redeem Tlang, Martin Chaves, Milan Singh, Nikhil Kadam.
Bengaluru FC: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK), Albert Serran, Juanan, Harmanjot Khabra, Nishu Kumar, Erik Paartalu, Raphael Augusto, Dimas Delgado, Sunil Chhetri (C), Ashique Kuruniyan, Udanta Singh.