The ISL can be a hectic affair with matches happening almost daily (sometimes twice a day) so to help you keep track of all the goings on, we will be putting out this rolling report after every match herein on. In this report, we look at all the games that will happen in the days leading up to a rest day.
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Odisha FC 2-2 Kerala Blasters
(Alexandre Coeff (OG) 29', Diego Mauricio 36'; Noah Sadaoui 18', Jesus Jimenez 21')
Odisha FC fought back from two goals down to earn a point in a 2-2 draw with Kerala Blasters FC in an end-to-end clash at the Kalinga Stadium on Thursday night. Noah Sadaoui and Jesus Jimenez combined superbly to put the Blasters in charge of the game within the first 21 minutes, as they nothced up a goal and an assist each. However, an Alexandre Coeff own goal and a nice finish from Diego Mauricio meant that Odisha were back level in the 36th minute.
In the second half, both teams had legitimate claims for a penalty denied by the referee. First, Rahim Ali was involved in a tangle with Milos Drincic and then Noah was brought down by Amey Ranawade in the box, but in both cases, the referee chose not to point to the spot, as an entertaining game finished with a point apiece.
Bengaluru FC 0-0 Mumbai City FC
Bengaluru FC became the first ISL team to start a season with four clean sheets, earning a 0-0 draw away to Mumbai City FC.
Playing to a sold-out crowd at the Mumbai Football Arena, the hosts ought to have taken the lead in the 13th minute. Nikolaos Karelis had the freedom of the box to head in a cross from the right, but could only find Gurpreet Singh Sandhu with his header. Edgar Mendez and Tiri forced saves from both keepers, but the sides went into the break goalless.
Chances were few and far between in the game, and Mumbai came closest in the second half in the 78th minute, Tiri watching as his volley from point-blank range from an indirect free-kick cannoned off the crossbar. Sivasakthi Narayanan also spurned the chance to win the game for BFC in injury time, opting to shoot from a narrow angle when he could have squared it to Naorem Roshan present all alone in the box - thus confirming the 0-0 result.
Hyderabad FC 0-0 Chennaiyin FC
Hyderabad FC earned their first point of the 2024-25 ISL season with a goalless draw in their first home game of the season. It was another disappointing night out for Owen Coyle's team who couldn't break Hyderabad down, despite playing around 20 minutes against 10 players following Parag Shrivas's red card for his second bookable offence.
Hyderabad's captain Alex Saji had an immense game for them at centre-back, despite having to play around 70 minutes on a yellow card. Chennaiyin had 6 shots on target and 13 shots overall, but Arshdeep Singh had only one real difficult save to make - the same number as his opposite number Samik Mitra.
It was a disappointing result for Chennaiyin, who have now picked up only one out of six available points from their last two games against Mohammedan SC and Hyderabad, which has quite taken the sheen off their superb opening day win over Odisha FC.