ISL 2021-22: Jamshedpur beat Hyderabad, go top of the table and qualify for the semis

Updated: May 17, 2023, 04:59 am

Jamshedpur FC celebrate Chinglensana Singh's own goal as they take the lead against Hyderabad FC.
Jamshedpur FC celebrate Chinglensana Singh's own goal as they take the lead against Hyderabad FC.
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Jamshedpur FC knocked Hyderabad FC off the top of the table with a clinical 3-0 victory in their rescheduled encounter at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Tuesday.

Chinglensana Singh (5th OG) scored an own goal to help Jamshedpur take the lead before skipper Peter Hartley (28th) doubled the lead with Daniel Chima Chukwu (65th) extending his rich vein of form with his fifth goal since joining Jamshedpur to crown a solid performance. Jamshedpur now are in pole position with 37 points from 18 matches, two more than Hyderabad (35 points) with a game in hand.

Jamshedpur were missing Greg Stewart through suspension, but Hyderabad had a lot of unforced changes include captain Joao Victor, Juanan and Bart Ogbeche after a second outbreak of COVID in the squad.

The game started on a frantic note, Chinglensana putting the ball in his own net after a Mobashir Rahman low shot took a wicked deflection off his foot and wrongfooted goalkeeper Gurmeet Singh, playing for the first time this season in place of Laxmikant Kattimani.

The early goal hurt the league leaders as they shifted gears, seeing more of the ball in the final third with Jamshedpur pressing them higher up the park. Aniket Jadhav pulled wide after beating his marker with a neat piece of skill.

But Jamshedpur doubled their advantage from a set-piece. Alexandre Lima swung in a delightful corner for Hartley to leap highest and head home across the face of goal leaving Gurmeet rooted to his spot.

At halftime, Jamshedpur led 2-0 and in the second half, the Owen Coyle-coached side never took their foot off the pedal. Hartley came close to doubling his goal tally from a corner and Chima dragged wide from close. The in-form Nigerian did not have to wait too long though for a goal, slotting home a botched Khassa Camara clearance which was set up for him by Lima. Hyderabad could have pulled one back late on, but Javier Siverio missed from close range.