A very tactical and cautious display by the teams as both the teams could not find the back of the net in the 90 minutes. Bengaluru FC started the game on a positive note with an array of chances but squandered all of them.
NorthEast United came back into the game with few chances of their own. The second-half also saw both teams come close to scoring. Gyan hit the woodwork and a volley from Nishu Kumar was parried away by Roy Chowdhary. Bengaluru FC kept on pushing for the lead but a resilient NorthEast United defence saw the game end goalless.
Bengaluru FC travel to Goa on 28th October while NorthEast United host Odisha FC at home on 26th October.
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90' Bengaluru swing in their 10th corner, Juanan tries to play it on with his head into the near post, the end result is a goal-kick for NorthEast United.
79' Dimas Delgado tries to setup Chhetri on a plate in front of the goal, but Chhetri does not read Dimas' intentions and Kai Heerings intercepts the ball and clears it for safety.
64' Dimas' free-kick is cleared away from the crowd but the clearance lacked power and the ball fell to Nishu Kumar who fires in a volley and forces Subhasish Roy Chowdhary to pull-off an acrobatic save. Corner to Bengaluru FC.
51' NorthEast United burst into counter. Chaves drags the defenders away from Gyan with his run, the Ghanian gets the ball from Chaves, cuts in and shoots. The ball rattles the cross-bar and comes back into play.
Both teams came close to scoring. Bengaluru dominated proceedings in the first 30 minutes but United came back into the game in the latter half of the game. Raphael Augusto has been opening up the United defence on numerous occasions, but the Blues could not finish off their chances. Martin Chaves also came close to scoring and was denied.
All to play for in the second half. Stay Tuned to Sportskeeda.
44' NorthEast United living dangerously. Another mix-up at the back as they fail to clear an incoming cross from Ashique. Onwu was lingering around to get the ball, Roy collects the ball.
42' Nishu Kumar finds Chhetri with a cross. Chhetri shoots. Shouts for handball as the shot apparently hits the arms of Kai Heerings. However, the referee lets the game continue.
34' Mix-up in the Bengaluru defence. Rahul Bheke heads a floating ball dangerously to Gurpreet Sandhu which was intercepted by Martin Chaves in the mix-up. However, Chaves' attempt is wide.
29' Dimas Delgado sets up Ashique Kuruniyan on a volley from the corner. Ashique fails to execute the technique and the resultant shot is well wide of the target.
26' Raphael Augusto with an inch-perfect ball to Udanta Singh splitting apart the United defence. However, Udanta fails to keep his calm and fires it off target.
17' Brilliant solo run from Ashique Kuruniyan by getting past three NorthEast United defenders. He goes for the goal from the outside of his boot, misses the target by a whisker. NorthEast United very lucky to not fall one goal behind there.
10' Bengaluru with majority of the ball as they attempt multiple times to penetrate inside the NorthEast United box but so far they have not been able to achieve much closure.
7' Nishu Kumar delivers in a long across the field ball from the right to the left to Manuel Onwu. However, Onwu's headed touch towards Augusto lacks direction, NorthEast back on the ball.
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