The 2024-25 season of the Indian Super League is in full swing, and with games coming thick and fast, this is a convenient place to catch up on every match. We'll have a report after every match, right up to the rest day signalling the end of the matchweek.
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The report on all matches from matchweek 21 is here.
Here are the details for matchweek 22 of ISL 2024-25 with the latest match report coming first:
Mohun Bagan 1-0 Odisha FC
(Dimitrios Petratos - 90'+3')
Mohun Bagan Super Giant became the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 League winners after their 1-0 victory against Odisha FC at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium, Kolkata tonight.
Bagan successfully defended their title, first-ever team in ISL to do so, as they moved to 52 points after this triumph, gaining an unassailable lead over the second-placed FC Goa, who have bagged 42 points with three games to spare. The Jose Molina-coached team sealed this victory on the back of 16 victories and four draws, while recording their sixth consecutive clean sheet -- the most ever done by a team in the competition.
Dimitrios Petratos scored a dramatic winner in the added time -- a powerful and precise shot from outside the box, which rattled the bottom left corner of the goal, finally beating Amrinder Singh's resistance.
FC Goa 2 - 0 Kerala Blasters
(Guarrotxena 46', Yasir 73')
Goa absolutely dominated the Blasters in a performance that meant Mohun Bagan are not yet league shield champions. After a first half where they were all over the Blasters but goalless (Carl McHugh a big culprit with a miss of a free header), Manolo Marquez's men came out all guns firing in the second and were rewarded inside the first minute as Iker Guarrotxena scored a pearler.
Mohammad Yasir made it two off a tap-in after more excellent work from Guarrotxena down the left. The result sees Goa remain second, seven points behind Bagan while Blasters dropped to 10th, behind both Chennaiyin and East Bengal on goal difference.
Punjab FC 1-3 East Bengal
(Dimitrios Diamantakos 15', Naorem Mahesh Singh 47', Lalchungnunga 54', Ezequiel Vidal 62')
East Bengal have managed to keep their playoff hopes alive with a 3-1 win over Punjab FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.
It was a dominating performance by the Kolkata team who took a 3-0 lead thanks to goals from Dimitrios Diamantakos, Naorem Mahesh Singh and Lalchungnunga. Punjab pulled one back thanks to Ezequiel Vidal in the second half but that was the only consolation for them in the match.
With the win, East Bengal moved up to 10th spot after 24 points from 21 matches. Punjab are down a place below with same points but lesser in terms of goal difference. Both teams still have a slim chance of making it to the playoffs but they need other results to go in their favour.
NorthEast United FC 0-2 Bengaluru FC
(Ryan Williams 3', Alberto Noguera 81')
Bengaluru FC defeated NorthEast United FC 2-0 at home thanks to an early goal from Ryan Williams and Alberto Noguera's late strike, which took them to fourth spot in the table.
This was Bengaluru's second consecutive clean sheet and it came in a match where they held only 37.3% of the possession, but scored twice out of the four shots that they took on target
Bengaluru FC built strong momentum from the onset, holding the ball, and making inroads into the defence with ease, which helped them strike very early in the game. Noguera, coming on the back of a brace against Jamshedpur FC, pulled off a slick pass for Williams and the latter slotted it into the bottom left corner to open the scoring.
Alaaeddine Ajaraie, this season's record goal scorer, couldn't get one going today despite a good attempt in the 18th minute. The striker, positioned at the heart of the penalty box, made a thumping header that was saved at the high centre of the goal by Lalthuammawia Ralte
The second half of the match began with a similar pattern of back-and-forth exchanges, as both teams battled to find their rhythm to assert their gameplay.
Towards the end, Bengaluru FC pushed numbers ahead to find the second goal. This led to a rather scrambled situation inside the NorthEast United FC box as the visitors struggled to get hold of the ball. However, the hosts were equally disoriented and Noguera pounced upon this moment of uncertainty by latching upon a loose ball at the centre of the box with his left foot to drill it into the bottom left corner and get another strike in the 81st minute.
Mohammedan SC 0-2 Jamshedpur FC
(Ritwik Das 6', Nikhil Barla 82')
Jamshedpur have taken a big step towards sealing the qualification playoff with a 2-0 win over Mohammedan SC in their Indian Super League match at Kolkata's Kishore Bharati Krirangan stadium.
The goals came from Ritvik Das and Nikhil Barla as they Jamshedpur returned to winning ways after losing their previous two matches against Bengaluru FC and NorthEast United.
Khalid Jamil's side, currently third on the table, has 37 points from 21 matches, which is five more than fourth-placed NorthEast United. Jamshedpur's next opponents are Kerala Blasters whom they will play on March 1.
Hyderabad FC 0-0 Mumbai City FC
Hyderabad FC earned their first clean sheet in 15 games thanks to a superb performance from goalkeeper Arshdeep Singh, pulling off a 0-0 draw against Mumbai City FC. The point took Mumbai above Bengaluru into fifth place, but opened the door for Odisha - three points behind in seventh - to catch them
Mumbai had an early chance when Lallianzuala Chhangte drew a save from Arshdeep Singh from a narrow angle after being put through in the left channel in the box by Jon Toral. The visitors ought to have scored in the 17th minute, when after a cross from the right, Mehtab Singh was free at the far post, but saw his header cannon off the bar. Jon Toral even had a goal ruled out for offside, which would have stood had Chhangte not got a headed touch before the Spaniard tapped it into the net.
Hyderabad somehow kept it goalless midway through the first half with Arshdeep Singh making a string of saves, including one from Chhangte that the winger claimed had cross the line, but replays were inconclusive. Late in the half, Vikram Partap Singh was put through on goal with a clever lofted pass, but blazed over with the goal at his mercy. At the other end, Ramhlunchhunga Hmar drew a good save from Phurba Lachenpa from a free-kick in Hyderabad's sole threatening action in a one-sided first half.
The hosts did ask questions of Mumbai a few minutes before the hour mark, after coming close with headers from a set-piece while replays also showed contact as Stefan Sapic was hauled down in the box. Hyderabad nearly scored in the 64th minute when Devendra Murgaokar ran onto a long ball and evaded Lachenpa's challenge, but had lost his balance and could not strike the ball on target. Jorge Ortiz's search for a first goal in Mumbai colours almost came to an end in the 69th minute, only for Arshdeep to make an incredible save from point-blank range after the striker had space and time in the box. Ortiz ought to have scored ten minutes later when Arshdeep spilled a cross into his path, but Manoj Mohammed and Sapic cleared off the line, with the goalkeeper not in the picture. Manoj made another crucial tackle, preventing Chhangte from striking on goal after the Mumbai superstar had run clear. Ultimately, Hyderabad held on for the draw, with Mumbai set to reflect on a game they ought to have won.