Stat attack: More records for Sunil Chhetri, Bengaluru FC end unwanted streak and more
A look at some interesting numbers for Bengaluru FC's win over East Bengal FC
Bengaluru FC picked up their first win of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 season as they edged past East Bengal FC at the Sree Kanteerava stadium on Wednesday.
The result also meant that East Bengal FC suffered their first loss of the campaign as there was no happy return for Carles Cuadrat to the Sree Kanteerava stadium.
Sunil Chhetri made a goalscoring return to the Bengaluru FC fold before Javi Hernandez grabbed the headlines with a stunning bicycle kick to win the game for the Blues.
The game saw a few records broken and a few milestones being set. Here is the statistical round-up of the match.
- Having come back from a 0-1 deficit to win 2-1, this is the first time Bengaluru FC have won points from a losing position since overturning a 0-1 deficit to win 2-1 against Odisha FC on February 21, 2022; the Blues failed to win any point from losing position in the entirety of last season.
- Naorem Mahesh scored his fifth goal for East Bengal FC becoming the outright second-highest goalscorer for the franchise in ISL history (Cleiton Silva – 14); indeed, all five goals have come from inside the box.
- Chhetri (Bengaluru FC) has now become the first player to score 50 goals for a single team in ISL history; in fact, this was his 15th penalty goal in the competition, the most by any player in ISL history.
- With his goal in the 21st minute, Chhetri has now scored in eight of his nine seasons in the ISL, the outright highest by any player in competition history; in fact, Chhetri has scored in each of his last seven seasons since joining Bengaluru FC in the 2017-18 edition.
- Javi Hernández (Bengaluru FC) scored his fifth goal against East Bengal FC in the ISL, his highest against any opponent in the competition
- Having assisted Hernandez's goal, Rohit Danu has become the sixth player to deliver an assist in their first appearance for Bengaluru FC in the ISL and the second to do so after coming on as a substitute; in fact, the last time a substitute managed to do so for the franchise in the competition was on October 8, 2022 – with Hernandez assisting Alan Costa’s goal against NorthEast United FC.
