Welcome to the Live Blog of the Durand Cup Group A fixture between East Bengal Football Club and Indian Air Force Football Team. The fixture will take place at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata and the match kicks off at 7:00 PM IST.
A tense end to the first half with East Bengal leading by 2-1 against Indian Air Force FT. An action packed second half coming soon!
Aman Khan jumps high and directs a great delivery into the net. Indian Air Force are still in the game.
Bipin Singh makes a great run, beats the goalkeeper, and coolly slots it into the back of the net! East Bengal 2-0.
An inch-perfect cross from Rakip finds Hamid, who heads it past the Air Force keeper without making a mistake. East Bengal takes an early lead.
The match gets underway at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Here's the playing XI of both the teams.
The match will kick off at 7:00 PM IST and shall be live streamed on Sony LIV App in India. The telecast of the same will be in Sony TEN 2 and Sony TEN 2 HD TV channels.
A well-drilled East Bengal Football Club will take on the Indian Air Force Football Team at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan on Sunday as it is all set to mark the final Group A match. East Bengal Football Club are the firm contenders to win the 134th edition of the Durand Cup and will target their 3rd straight win of the competition.
East Bengal began their campaign with a commanding or comprehensive 5-0 victory over South United FC and edged out Namdhari FC by a scoreline of 1-0 in a hard-fought contest. With East Bengal staying at the top of Group A, they are in pole position to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Durand Cup.
East Bengal FC's opposition IAF FT have unfortunately been knocked out of contention for a playoff berth as they have secured only one point from two matches. Bottom-placed South United FC also have one point in their kitty and it came from the draw against Indian Air Force FT. East Bengal FC will be looking to pounce on IAF FT's weakness and maintain their unbeaten run leading into the business-end of the tournament.
