East Bengal vs Punjab FC Highlights | The Red & Gold Brigade plays an annoying 0-0 draw against Punjab

Both sides played counter-attacking style football but were not clinical enough in front of goal. EBFC were more dominant in the later stages of the game but Punjab FC held its ground and defended well to keep it goalless.

Punjab FC and East Bengal settle for a draw in a tightly contested match. ⚽🔥#ebfcpfc Match Report | https://t.co/sruZKCWrqV
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— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) December 9, 2023

Six minutes of stoppage time.

EBFC now controls the game but Punjab are doing their best to keep the scoreline level.

Cleiton Silva shoots the ball but is blocked by Suresh. The ball lands back into Cleiton's feet who strikes the ball again and is yet again blocked by Suresh. Brilliant defending from the Punjab FC defender.

Vishnu beat a couple of defenders inside the box and had an empty goal in front of him, but hit the ball wide. The biggest chance of the game and East Bengal have wasted the opportunity. 

Siverio replaces Saul.

East Bengal have dominated the possession but Punjab have played brilliantly off the ball and made some good opportunities for themselves.

Juan Mera finds the ball on the left completely unmarked and tries to find Daniel but is caught offside.

Rakip gets the ball at the edge of the box on the right but the winger takes too much time and ultimately the ball goes away for a corner.

Madih Talal and Daniel Lalhlimpuia come in to replace Luka Majcen and Krishnananda Singh.

Juan Mera plays a beautiful cross from the right to Krishna who heads the ball powerfully straight towards the keeper. The score remains 0-0 at the Salt Lake Stadium.

Nikhil Prabhu's long shot goes way over the bar for a goal-kick. 

East Bengal plays the corner into the dangerous area toward the near-post as Cleiton Silva heads it, but it goes over the cross-bar.

The ref blows the whistle and the second begins.

The score is level in the first 45 with both sides creating plenty of opportunities. East Bengal started off brilliantly, dominating the possession and controlling the tempo of the game but Punjab got back into the game and created some great chances.

HALF-TIME!
It's still goalless at the VYBK as we move into the break!#EBFCPFC #PunjabDaJosh #PFC pic.twitter.com/m0t7Nq2DSE

— Punjab FC (@RGPunjabFC) December 9, 2023

Krishna finds Lhungdim in the box but the keeper touches it and pushes it away.

Nikhil Prabhu gets a yellow as he hits Saul in the face accidentally with his arm.

Juan Mera cuts in the from right and curls the ball in from the edge of the- box. The ball beats the keeper and hits the woodwork.

Borja almost finds Cleiton Silva's in-behind run but is intercepted by Chatazisaias.

Lhungdim dribbles into the box and cuts inside to take a shot but the shot is blocked and out for a corner.

Mera plays to Luca who passes it ahead to Lhungdim deep in East Bengal's half but the cross is cleared away by the back line.

Punjab breaks into a counterattack as Krishna finds the ball near the box but his cross is blocked away for a corner.

Cleiton Silva claims to be brought down in the box during a corner but no penalty given.

Nishu, Mahesh, and Silva form a great chance from the right but Cleiton Silva's shot is blocked.

Cleiton and Mahesh play a quick one-two around Punjab's box but nothing comes out of the play.

Punjab is slowly growing into the game.

East Bengal have started just like they did in the NorthEast game.

East Bengal kicks off and gets a free kick right away.

Nothing comes out of the free kick as the ball goes out of play for a goal kick.

The players are coming out of the tunnel.

Nothing can match the joy of playing in front of you all! ❤️💛

WE LOVE YOU, #AmagoFans! 🫂#EBFCPFC #JoyEastBengal #EastBengalFC #ISL10 #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/j4ZkL9oxxx

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) December 9, 2023

• Date: 9th December, 2023 (Saturday)

• Venue: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

• Time: 8:00 pm (IST)

• Live Streaming: Sports18 1, Sports18 1 HD, VH1 and VH1 HD, and Jio Cinema

East Bengal:

• Prabhsukhan Gill

• Hijazi Maher

• Lalchungnunga

• Mandar Dessai

• Nishu Kumar

• Saul Crespo

• Borja Herrera

• Souvik Chakraborty

• Cleiton Silva

• Naorem Mahesh Singh

• Nandha Kumar Sekar

We have 2️⃣ changes in today's starting lineup for #EBFCPFC as Nishu & Nandha come in for Khabra & Vishnu. ⤵️#JoyEastBengal #EastBengalFC #ISL10 #LetsFootball @batery_ai pic.twitter.com/4QIuzAE1qK

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) December 9, 2023

Punjab FC:

• Kiran Chemjong Limbu

• Dimitrios Chatziisaias

• Nongmeikapam Suresh Meitei

• Nitesh Darjee

• Khaiminthang Lhungdim

• Nikhil Prabhu

• Ashish Pradhan

• Khungdongbam Krishananda Singh

• Tekcham Singh

• Luka Majcen

• Juan Mera

📋LINEUP

The Gaffer makes three changes for #EBFCPFC as Kiran, Krishnananda comes back into the starting XI and Abhishek is handed his full ISL debut 😍#PunjabDaJosh #PFC pic.twitter.com/SX3EWzQnHt

— Punjab FC (@RGPunjabFC) December 9, 2023

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata will host the East Bengal vs Punjab FC game in the ISL 2023/24 season. East Bengal are flying high after their 5-0 victory against NorthEast United. Consistency is key if the Red & Gold Brigade aims to move up the table. They have to use that momentum to give a brilliant performance against Punjab.

A win is necessary for East Bengal to build on a winning run during this period. A draw could be a disappointing result that holds them back from getting into the playoffs spot, while a loss will spoil everything they tried to make up with that NorthEast United win.