East Bengal vs Hyderabad: Kalinga Super Cup 2024 Match Preview, Team News, Head-to-Head, Possible Starting Lineup, and Dream XI Team Prediction

East Bengal FC will face Hyderabad FC in the first match of Group A in the Kalinga Super Cup 2024 on 9th January at the Kalinga Stadium. Hyderabad hasn't registered a victory in the 2023-24 ISL so far and is sitting at the bottom of the table after playing 11 games. Meanwhile, East Bengal has performed brilliantly defensively but has failed to score goals regularly. The Kolkata-based club is hanging 8th in the table with 2 victories, 5 draws, and 3 losses.

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With both teams eyeing a victory in their first match, this encounter promises to be an exciting one. Carles Cuadrat would love to see his team scoring goals which he expected after seeing East Bengal score 5 against NorthEast. Since then, Cuadrad's side hasn't scored any goals and played three 0-0 draws.

On the other side, Hyderabad FC has failed to replicate what they did last season in the ISL. The fans are expecting to witness their favourite club fighting positively for the first time this season when they face the Red & Gold Brigade at the Kalinga Stadium on Tuesday.

Match Details:

• Fixture: East Bengal vs Hyderabad: Kalinga Super Cup 2024

• Date: January 9

• Time: 2:00 PM (IST)

• Venue: Kalinga Stadium, Odisha

Where can we watch the East Bengal vs Hyderabad match?

All the matches of the Kalinga Super Cup 2024 including the East Bengal vs Hyderabad will be televised on Sports18 channel in India. Moreover, fans can watch the match on Jio Cinema as well.

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East Bengal vs Hyderabad: Team News

East Bengal FC

The Red and Gold brigade has put in a lot of effort defensively and given a tough fight to their opponents but have missed lots of opportunities in front of the goal. Cuadrat will hope for his Brazilian striker Cleiton Silva to replicate his league form in the Kalinga Super Cup 2024. Cleiton has scored 5 goals in the league and can be the differencemaker against Hyderabad FC on Tuesday.

Mandar Rao Desai might miss tomorrow's match. He didn't practice today. East Bengal would be expecting Nandha Kumar Sekar to create chances for the forwards. The 28-year-old creator has scored 2 goals and provided 3 assists in the league. Naorem Mahesh Singh has also scored 2 goals in 10 appearances in the league. Lalchungnunga and Naorem Mahesh will miss the game due to the call-up he received from the National Team.

Hyderabad FC

Hyderabad are struggling with financial issues. Their on-field and off-field problems have merged and it's not a positive atmosphere in the Nizam's camp right now. Hyderabad will miss the attacking power of Jonathan Moya. He left the club to join Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.

⚽️ Ready for the #KalingaSuperCup!#TheNawabs 💛🖤 pic.twitter.com/rgFpHndGBU

— Hyderabad FC (@HydFCOfficial) January 8, 2024

They will miss the likes of Nikhil Poojary who has been called up for the national team for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023. Hyderabad would like to register their first victory of the season but it wouldn't be easy against the defensively solid, East Bengal side.

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East Bengal vs Hyderabad: Head-to-Head

Total Matches â€“ 7

East Bengal FC wins â€“ 1

Hyderabad FC wins â€“ 4

Draw – 2

Possible Starting Lineup:

East Bengal: Prabhsukhan Gill (GK), Nishu Kumar, Vishnu Puthiya Valappill, Hijazi Maher, Mohammad Rakip, Saul Crespo, Souvik Chakrabarti, Borja Herrera, Jose Antonio Pardo, Nandhakumar Sekar, Cleiton Silva.

Hyderabad FC: Gurmeet Singh (GK), Alex Saji, Chinglensana Singh, Nim Dorjee Tamang, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Sahil Tavora, Joao Victor, Mohammad Yasir, Petteri Pennanen, Joseph Knowles, Aaren D'Silva.

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