East Bengal vs Minerva Punjab betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Indian Super League match on December 17th, 2024

East Bengal and Minerva Punjab are scheduled to play against each other on December 17th, 2024, Tuesday at 14:00h (UTC), in a Indian Super League match to be held in India, check the East Bengal vs Minerva Punjab betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where East Bengal vs Minerva Punjab will occur

The game will be played in the small Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium, in the city of Kolkata, with a capacity for 26000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the East Bengal vs Minerva Punjab betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Indian Super League, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.76 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.97 goals per match.

East Bengal last match

East Bengal is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Odisha FC in a match valid for Indian Super League, and the match ended 1-2. The eleven coached by Ó. Bruzón Barreras played in a 4-5-1 formation.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.88, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Mohammad Rakip, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Minerva Punjab last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Indian Super League, Minerva Punjab, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Jamshedpur team with a final score of 2-1.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.45.

East Bengal vs Minerva Punjab h2h

East Bengal occupied 7th place when they went against Minerva Punjab, who was in 11th place, in their last match at Indian Super League. East Bengal first went in with a 4-3-3 formation, which was engaged by Minerva Punjab with a 4-3-1-2 deployment.

The two teams have not faced each other since 10-04-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2023/2024 season of the Indian Super League, and the match ended with a 4-1 win for Minerva Punjab.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

East Bengal

Indian Super League leaderboard now

East Bengal comes into this game ranking in 11th place in the Indian Super League. The team has scored 7 points, 2 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw. However, this is a negative balance.

This means that in the 13th round, the Hyderabad team is closing in at 12th place, with no points difference separating them.

With no great ambitions or relegation concerns, East Bengal, ranked in the middle of the league table in the India Indian Super League, will try to use the home factor to get a win.

East Bengal analysis

At the end of round 12 of Indian Super League, East Bengal collected 8 goals scored and 14 goals conceded.

The East Bengal team comes from a defeat in the Indian Super League, and its coach Óscar Bruzón Barreras wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Recent performances have highlighted that East Bengal is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

With an average ball possession of 47.6% per game in the current league, East Bengal cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Minerva Punjab they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

Best goalscorer from East Bengal

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Dimitrios Diamantakos. With 2 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the East Bengal team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Minerva Punjab

Indian Super League leaderboard now

The Minerva Punjab team with 18 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Play-off, with a campaign of 6 wins, 0 draws, and 4 losses.

Minerva Punjab analysis

Minerva Punjab counted 17 goals scored and 11 conceded at the end of Indian Super League day number 12.

As we approach the Regular Season, Minerva Punjab is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.6 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Indian Super League.

Minerva Punjab is a more offensive team than East Bengal, having 890 attacks vs. 798 from East Bengal, having scored 17 times, in comparison, East Bengal converted into goal 8 times.

Best goalscorer from Minerva Punjab

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Luka Majcen. The Attacker scored 5 goals in the current season, helping Minerva Punjab to achieve victory in several disputes.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

The under 2.5 goals market can also be a good alternative since Minerva Punjab scores an average of 1.4 goals per match when playing away from home, and considering that often does not suffer when playing away, it will be a betting market to explore.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 3.7 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

East Bengal has an average of 2.8 yellow cards per game over the 12 rounds, while Minerva Punjab has an average of 2.1. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.25 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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