East Bengal vs Hyderabad FC highlights, ISL 2023-24: Cleiton brace, including late winner, guides Red and Gold to first win of the season

A brace by Cleiton Silva, including a late winner, guides East Bengal to a 2-1 win against Hyderabad FC.

It is the Red and Gold’s first win of the ISL 2023-24 season.

Siverio takes a venomous shot from the edge of the box and almost gets a third. But Anuj does well to make the save.

Aaren almost grabs a late equaliser. He takes a good position inside the box and brings down the ball, showing nice control. All he needed to do, was pick a corner but he hits the ball straight at Gill, who makes the save,.

EBFC sub: IN- Gursimrat OUT- Cleiton

It seems like Cleiton cannot continue after tweaking his hamstring and he will be stretchered off the pitch. Unless, it is anything serious, Cleiton won’t mind after bagging the late winner.

Cleiton went off the pitch for a while as he might have tweaked his hamstring while celebrating. But he is back on as the Red and Gold try to see out the match.

Cleiron Silva has done it again!

East Bengal got a freekick in a dangerous position and Cleiton takes a direct shot from the freekick. He gets the ball over the wall as it hits the underside of the crossbar and ends up at the back of the net.

Surely the winner? You never know with his sport.

Eight minutes added at the end of the second-half!

Nishu Kumar swings a lovely cross inside the box and Siverio had stationed himself in a good position to get his header away. The header misses the target by inches. That would been some role off the bench.

EBFC sub: IN- VP Suhair OUT- Mahesh

EBFC sub: IN- Siverio OUT- Borja

EBFC booking: Gill sees a yellow card because of getting involved in a tussle.

HFC bookings: Aaren and Joao Victor also see yellow cards late in the match.

It is a rocket of a shot from Knowles from outside the area, which is palmed away by Gill.

HFC subs: IN- Alanis, Vignesh OUT- Felipe, Manoj

Nishu swings a cross inside the box but Nim gets an important touch to send the ball out for a corner. Borja was waiting behind Nim for the header.

Khabra brings down Aaren at the edge of the area and it seemed like a red card challenge, but the referee waves play on.

East Bengal launches an attack and Nandhakumar goes down inside the box. There is a penalty shout but the referee waves that protest as well. Joao Victor wants the referee to show a card to Nandha for diving.

Nandhakumar gets the ball at the edge of the Hyderabad box and pulls the trigger. The shot had power but it is blocked by Joao Victor.

HFC booking: Manoj becomes the second Hyderabad FC player to see a yellow card for his tackle on Nandhakumar.

East Bengal build a patient attack, which ends with Borja taking a shot from distance, and missing the target by a fair margin.

East Bengal launch a counter-attack. Mahesh passes the ball to Nishu, whose crosses inside the box. However, the whistle goes as Nishu was in an offside position when he was played the pass by Mahesh.

HFC sub: IN- D. Silva OUT- Hitesh

Saul Crespo backheels the ball to Mahesh with an exquisite touch. Mahesh opens the face of his boot and tries to find the far-corner, but he did not get the required connection and sees his shot blocked.

HFC booking: Sahil Tavora sees a yellow card. It is the first booking of the night.

Yasir slips a pass to Poojary, who made an overlapping run. Poojary gets inside the box and shoots at the near-post. The shot, however, is not on target as Gill sees the ball sail above the crossbar.

East Bengal trying to lay down the marker early in the second-half by keeping the ball. It is important for the home side to dictate the tempo in the second-half, if it wants to clinch its first win of the season.

EBFC sub: IN- Rakip OUT- Souvik

Scores level at 1-1 as the second-half between East Bengal and Hyderabad FC kicks-off at the Salt Lake Stadium.

Goals from Hitesh Sharma and Cleiton Silva keep Hyderabad FC and East Bengal level at 1-1 at the break.

Pennanen lobs the ball inside the box and Felipe gets at the end of the cross. It is not the best of touches as he tries to get a shot away. However, the play stops as the assistant referee raises the offside flag.

Souvik fouls Knowles and Hyderabad FC has a freekick in a decent positon. It was a silly challenge from behind a cheap freekick to give away.

Seven minutes added at the end of the first-half!

HFC sub: IN- Anuj OUT- Kattimani

A disappointing end for Kattimani, but it looks like a head injury and his eye has already started to swell up.

It is not looking good for Kattimani as he seems to have a black eye after that clash with Cleiton. Substitute keeper Anuj is warming up.

Mandar drives a cross inside the box and almost finds Cleiton, but Kattimani shows some brave keeping to throw himself and palm the ball away before clattering with Cleiton. That is a painful one and the referee stops play as the HFC keeper gets medical attention.

Souvik goes for an early cross from the right but it is a disappointing one and the ball is cut out before it could reach Cleiton.

A decent ball is played inside the box from the corner and Cleiton gets a header away. He connects well but cannot keep his effort on target..

Mandar slips a pass to Mahesh inside the Hyderabad box. The latter tries to get his pass away but Hitesh is quick to cut out the ball and concede a corner.

Play resumes at the Salt Lake stadium!

Play halts as the players take a water break!

Pennanen goes on a solo run and tries to take on three players inside the East Bengal after cutting in. Nandhakumar snatches the ball from him and clears it.

Poojary tries to cross the ball after making a good run inside the box. Mandar keeps up with him and gets a vital touch to take the ball away from Knowles, who looked favourite to get a header. The attack is still alive for HFC as Hitesh chases the ball, but he ends up fouling Nishu.

East Bengal puts good pressure on the Hyderbad FC defence. Cleiton Silva lobs the ball to Mahesh, who finds Borja. Borja tries to get his shot away but it is blocked by Victor. The ball goes to Saul, who goes for a shot from the edge of the box, but cannot keep his effort on target.

It is a body clash between Cleiton and Knowles, and the freekick goes the former’s way.

Borja stands over the freekick and sends the ball inside the box, but sends it straight to Kattimani, who collects comfortably.

That Hyderabad FC lead barely lasted 90 seconds!

It is poor defending by Hyderabad FC this time. Borja does well to surge forward and get in a dangerous position inside the box. Njm Dorjee puts in a tackle but he cannot get the ball away. The ball falls to Cleiton and he chips the ball over Kattimani, who was off his line, to put the ball inside the empty net.

It is poor defending from East Bengal, which allows Pennanen to cut in and shoot. His shot takes a deflection and falls to Hitesh, who is completely free to take a touch and put the ball inside the net.

Mahesh does well to keep the ball in play from an overhit cross from the left. He passes the ball to Nishu, who has time and space to pick out a teammate inside the box, but sends in a poor cross.

A loose kick by Kattimani sends the ball straight to Nandha on the right flank. He tries to drive a cross to the centre of the box but Joao Victor does well to block the cross and concede a corner.

Hyderabad FC is having more of the ball in the early minutes of the match. East Bengal is yet to win a match against Hyderabad in the ISL.

The ISL 2023-24 match between East Bengal and Hyderabad FC has kicked-off at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.

Carles Cuadrat (East Bengal head coach): “We have to be ready for a close game. I am not agreeing that the conversion rate of our team is poor. The important thing is to create chances, and the team is creating chances. It is a new season, [with] new players, [and] new transfers, and we do not have much information about the opponent. The style of football we are playing has to work.”

Thangboi Singto (Hyderabad FC assistant coach): “We are excited to face East Bengal. One of the strengths of Hyderabad FC is the togetherness and camaraderie in the group. The new players that have come in have bonded really well with the previous players. We will go for the top honours because we are always preparing to do well as a team.”

East Bengal FC will aim to win its first match of the Indian Super League (ISL 2023-24) season when it takes on the former champion Hyderabad FC at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday.

Having played out an insipid goalless draw against Jamshedpur FC in its first outing, East Bengal will hope to give its fans something to cheer for by producing a more exciting brand of football.

The visitor will also be looking to start its ISL campaign on a positive note. Hyderabad FC is going through a rebuilding phase as a number of players left its stable after the departure of its previous coach Manolo Marquez, and it becomes important for its new head coach in Ireland’s Conor Nestor.

“We have to be ready for a close game. I am not agreeing that the conversion rate of our team is poor. The important thing is to create chances, and the team is creating chances. It is a new season, [with] new players, [and] new transfers, and we do not have much information about the opponent. The style of football we are playing has to work,” said the East Bengal coach Carles Cuadrat, before the match.

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ISL 2023-24: East Bengal hosts Hyderabad FC while searching for first win of the season

Having played out an insipid goalless draw against Jamshedpur FC in its first outing, East Bengal will hope to give its fans something to cheer for by producing a more exciting brand of football.

KICK-OFF, TELECAST AND LIVE STREAMING INFO

When and where is the East Bengal vs Hyderabad FC ISL 2023-24 match kicking-off?

The East Bengal vs Hyderabad FC ISL 2023-24 match will kick-off at 8:00 PM IST, Saturday, September 30 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake stadium) in Kolkata.

How can you watch the East Bengal vs Hyderabad FC ISL 2023-24 match in India?

The East Bengal vs Hyderabad FC ISL 2023-24 match will be live telecasted on the Sports18 1 Channel (TV).

The game can also be live streamed on the JioCinema app and website (online).

The game will be livestreamed on OneFootball for those watching from outside India.