The match between Bengaluru FC and FC Goa ended with a scoreline of 1-1 at Fatorda Stadium in Goa on Monday. It was a match between two strong evenly matched sides. The other teams will be happy with the result of this match. Bengaluru FC will not be happy with the result of their first two matches of this season. They are currently at the 7th position in the League table with two draws in two matches so far.
On the other hand, FC Goa started their campaign with a win over Chennaiyin FC by a margin of 3-0. In the second match against Bengaluru FC, they collected one point. Now, they are at the top of the table in Indian Super League this season with 4 points from 2 matches so far.
The head coach of Bengaluru FC, Carles Cuadrat lined up his team with a 4-3-3 formation. Harmonjat Khabra and Juanan were there in the central defence of Bengaluru FC. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was there under the bars for Bengaluru FC. Rahul Bheke and Nishu Kumar were two fullbacks for the away side in this match. Muhammad Ashique Kuruniyan was operating from the midfield along with Dimas Delgado and Raphael Augusto. Udanta Singh and Sunil Chhetri were operating from the wings while Manuel Orwu was the lone centre forward at the upfront of the field.
On the other hand, Sergio Lobera fielded his side with a formation of 4-2-3-1. Mohammad Nawaz was under the bars for FC Goa in this match. Mourtada Fall and Carlos Pena’s pair were there in the central defence while Mandar Rao Desai and Seriton Fernandes were there as fullbacks. Lenny Rodrigues and Ahmed Jahouh were operating from the central defensive midfield area. Ferran Corominas were there just behind the lone centre forward Manvir Singh while Seminlen Doungel and Brandon Fernandes were operating from the wings.
Bengaluru FC took the complete control of the match in the first half. The ball possession was mostly under their control. They were dominating the game against FC Goa. However, both the sides failed to score a single goal in the first half of this match.
In the second half, Carlos Cudrat brought in Alberto Serran in place of Rahul Bheke. Udanta Singh broke the deadlock for Bengaluru FC at the 62nd minute of the match. Manuel Onwu provided the ball towards Udanta Singh in this case. Jakichand Singh came in place of Lenny Rodrigues at the 71st minute of the match for FC Goa. Ahmed Jahouh was shown a yellow card for a bad foul. Eugeneson Lyngdoh came in place of Manuel Onwu. Mandar Rao Desai was booked for committing a bad foul at the 78th minute of the match and he was subbed off to make a place for Savior Gama. On the other hand, Harmanjot Khabra picked up an injury and he was taken off the field.
At the 93rd minute, FC Goa were awarded a penalty and Ferran Corominas scored from the spot to take away one point from this important match against Bengaluru FC.
