East Bengal 3-0 NorthEast United
(Ezzejjari 65, 70, Miguel 90+2')
East Bengal picked up a well-deserved 2-0 win against NorthEast United at the Salt Lake Stadium to open their ISL campaign in style, thanks to a brace from their new Spanish striker Youssef Ezzejjari. East Bengal were the dominant team in the game, and will perhaps be disappointed that they didn't win by more.
After creating a number of chances in the first half that they didn't take, East Bengal took the lead in the 65th minute. Bipin Singh put is a superb in-swinging cross from the left wing, and Ezzejjari leaped highest to glance a header past Gurmeet Singh to give Oscar Bruzon's side the lead. Ezzejjari then doubled that advantage five minutes later, after excellent trickery from Edmund Lalrindika down the touchline.
Miguel Ferreira put the exclamation point on the win with a superb goal in second-half stoppage time, as East Bengal caught NorthEast on the break. PV Vishnu slipped Miguel through down the left, and his shot across Gurmeet nestled into the far corner, as the East Bengal fans were sent home as happy as they've been through the course of the club's existence in the ISL.
Bengaluru FC 2 - 0 SC Delhi
(Sivasakthi 45'+1', Chhetri 90'+2')
Injury time goals in either half saw Bengaluru FC ride to a comfortable 2-0 win at home in the Kanteerava. After multiple attempts, Sivasakthi Narayanan opened the scoring for BFC after Nikhil Poojary's cushioned header set him up for a tap-in from a cleverly worked set piece routine.
SC Delhi got some purchase in the second half, but they rarely troubled Gurpreet Singh Sandhu in the Bengaluru goal. Then, late in stoppage time, substitute Sunil Chhetri came on to capitalise on a defensive blunder and chip the SC Delhi keeper in the second minute of injury time at the end.
Jamshedpur FC 1-0 Mohammedan SC
(Madih Talal 9')
Jamshedpur FC began their Indian Super League 2025-26 campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over Mohammedan Sporting Club, at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on Sunday. An early strike from Madih Talal in the ninth minute proved decisive as Owen Coyle's side began their campaign at the "Furnace" with a win.
The hosts began with purpose and intensity. Inside three minutes, The breakthrough arrived in the ninth minute. Talal picked up possession outside the box and unleashed a low right-footed effort that took a slight deflection from Mohammedan's captain, before nestling into the bottom left corner, giving Jamshedpur early control of the contest. Albino Gomes remained largely untested as Jamshedpur carried a 1-0 advantage into half-time.
The second-half followed a similar pattern, with Jamshedpur probing for a second goal . At the final whistle, Jamshedpur FC secured all three points in front of the home fans, while Mohammedan SC, despite the defeat, showed resilience and organisation in their first outing of the season.
FC Goa 1-1 Inter Kashi
(Dejan Drazic 84' (P); Prasanth 45+2)
ISL debutants Inter Kashi produced a disciplined and determined display to hold Super Cup champions FC Goa to a 1-1 draw in Match 2 of the Indian Super League 2025-26 at the PJN in Fatorda, Goa.
Despite enjoying the lion's share of possession and creating the clearer chances, FC Goa could only muster a draw, as Inter Kashi took the lead through Prasanth Karuthadathkuni, before Dejan Dražić converted the equalising penalty. Inter Kashi goalkeeper Lluis Tarrés was shown the red card for a last-man tackle on Muhammed Nemil inside the box.
Mohun Bagan 2-0 Kerala Blasters
(Jamie MacLaren 36', Tom Aldred 90+7')
Defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant began their 2025-26 ISL season with a workmanlike 1-0 victory over Kerala Blasters.
Bagan were dominant right from the off with Dimi Petratos, Liston Colaco and Robson da Silva going taking potshots at goal from range, but Sachin Suresh was relatively untroubled in the Blasters goal. The hosts finally made the breakthrough in the 36th minute, when Jamie MacLaren turned superbly in the box to score. After great work from Abhishek Meitei and Dimi Petratos in the buildup, MacLaren turned his marker while receiving the ball in the box and hammered a low drive into the net with his left foot.
David Catala made changes to his Blasters lineup at the break, as did Sergio Lobera for Bagan, but there was no change in how the game progressed. Bagan were dominant, the Blasters offered little and the game drifted. Bagan appeared to have risked the result by backing off, and Kevin Yoke caused plenty of problems when he came on late for the Blasters. However, the visitors could not find the telling touch and paid in injury time, when Tom Aldred headed home a free-kick from Anirudh Thapa to seal the 2-0 victory.