2′ Didika takes the corner but Cyrus heads the ball away. Didika picks up the rebound and keeps another curling cross but Aidara fails to get a touch of the ball at the far post.
1′ Didika sends a curling ball from the left side but Morante heads the ball out for a corner.
1′ Jaime Santos wins an early free-kick for the Red and Golds.
1′ Kick-off! We are underway at the Salt Lake stadium.
The players are out on the ground. We are just minutes away from Kick-off! The stage is set.
This is the 368th Kolkata derby and the penultimate derby of the I-League era. With Mohun Bagan merging with ATK, the Green and Maroons’ participation in the Indian Super League is confirmed from the next season.
Mohun Bagan are on a 5-match unbeaten streak while East Bengal are on the back of consecutive defeats.
Mohun Bagan are currently at the top of the I-League table with 14 points from 7 matches. East Bengal, on the other hand, are struggling on the sixth position with 8 points from 6 matches.
Alejandro Menendez, on the other hand, makes one change in the East Bengal lineup. Mehtab Singh comes in place of Asheer Akhtar.
Kibu Vicuna fields an unchanged Mohun Bagan XI which had managed a 1-1 draw against Punjab FC in their last match.
EB subs: Mirshad K, Asheer Akhtar, Abhash Thapa, Abhijit Sarkar, Edmund Lalrindika, Brandon Vanlalremdika, Tondonba Naorem.
MB subs: Debjit Majumder, Gurjinder Kumar, Lalramchullova, Komron Tursunov, Britto PM, Shilton D’Silva, Subha Ghosh.
EB XI: Lalthauammawia Ralte; Kamalpreet Singh, Mehtab Singh, Marti Crespi, Abhishek Ambekar; Pintu Mahata, Didika Ralte, Kassim Aidara, Juan Mera; Jaime Santos Colado; Marcos Jimenedez De La Espada.
MB XI: Sankar Roy; Ashutosh Mehta, Daneil Cyrus, Fran Morante, Dhanachandra Singh; SK. Sahil, Fran Gonzalez; VP Suhair, Joseba Beitia, Nongdamba Naorem; Papa Diawara.
Lineups are in.
Hello and welcome to the Live match centre of today’s Kolkata derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal at the Salt Lake Stadium.
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