East Bengal II host Al Seeb in the AFC Cup. Both sides have picked up plenty of wins across their various competitions over recent months, though those games have come in quite different settings and competitions.
This particular AFC Cup group is still at an early stage for Al Seeb, who've already played one match here and came away with nothing. That's about all we know of how the group is shaping up so far, with kickoff still a month off from where things stand now.
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Form Across Competitions
Al Seeb's recent record looks strong on paper: 14 wins from 20 matches, with just two defeats and 39 goals scored along the way. That sample spans the Professional League, FA Cup and continental football, so it's a broad look rather than a single competition's form.
East Bengal II: 20 completed matches; Al Seeb: 20 completed matches.
East Bengal II
- Win
- 55% 11 / 20
- Draw
- 35% 7 / 20
- Loss
- 10% 2 / 20
- Scored
- 49
- Conceded
- 19
- Difference
- +30
Al Seeb
- Win
- 70% 14 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 10% 2 / 20
- Scored
- 39
- Conceded
- 11
- Difference
- +28
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFA Shield | East Bengal II | NorthEast United | 05.10.2026 | 7-2 |
| IFA Shield | East Bengal II | Minerva Punjab | 30.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| IFA Shield | Calcutta Customs | East Bengal II | 24.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| AFC Champions League Two | Al Hussein | East Bengal II | 16.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| AFC Champions League Two | East Bengal II | Al Arabi | 12.08.2026 | 4-1 |
| Indian Super League | Inter Kashi | East Bengal II | 21.05.2026 | 1-2 |
| Indian Super League | ATK Mohun Bagan | East Bengal II | 17.05.2026 | 1-1 |
| Indian Super League | East Bengal II | Minerva Punjab | 11.05.2026 | 0-0 |
| Indian Super League | Mumbai City | East Bengal II | 05.05.2026 | 1-2 |
| Indian Super League | East Bengal II | Odisha | 28.04.2026 | 3-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Cup | Sohar | Al Seeb | 24.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| FA Cup | Al Seeb | Ibri | 20.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| AFC Champions League Two | Al Shorta | Al Seeb | 16.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Professional League | Al-Nahda | Al Seeb | 10.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Professional League | Al Seeb | Sur | 06.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| Professional League | Bahla | Al Seeb | 30.08.2026 | 1-3 |
| FA Cup | Saham | Al Seeb | 25.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| FA Cup | Al Seeb | Al-Shabab | 19.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Professional League | Al Seeb | Ibri | 23.05.2026 | 7-1 |
| Professional League | Al-Shabab | Al Seeb | 18.05.2026 | 0-0 |
East Bengal II have been solid too, with 10 wins and 8 draws from their own 20 matches, though they've conceded a few more goals along the way. Their matches have come mostly in the Indian Super League, mixed in with cup football, so it's a similarly varied sample rather than a clean domestic run.
Al Seeb's win rate looks higher across their sample, though the levels of opposition in each set of matches aren't directly comparable.
Comparative Team Statistics: East Bengal II vs Al Seeb
Early AFC Cup Standing
The only table information available here is Al Seeb's spot in this group: fourth place after just one match played, a defeat in which they didn't score. That's far too small a sample to draw firm conclusions from, but it shows they didn't get the start they wanted in this particular competition.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group D | |||||||
| 1 | Al Shorta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Hussein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 1 |
| 3 | East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 1 |
| 4 | Al Seeb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
Two Teams, Different Paths Into This One
Put the pieces together and you get an Al Seeb side arriving off a mostly winning run across other competitions, but one that's already lost its opening game in this exact AFC Cup group. East Bengal II, meanwhile, have shown they can grind out draws and rack up big wins depending on the day, without any data yet on how they've fared specifically in this group.
With kickoff still a month away from where this snapshot sits, there's time for both squads and form to shift before the sides actually meet. Best to treat all of this as a current picture rather than a fixed one.
We'd rather sit this one out than force a pick from a thin data set. Both sides have been fine in their own competitions, but that doesn't tell us much about how they'll actually match up in this specific AFC Cup clash.
Worth checking back closer to kickoff, when team news and a market price can give a clearer picture to work from.
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