Bengaluru. Bengaluru FC suffered an unexpected defeat in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25, when the hosts were defeated by bottom team Mohammedan SC 1-0 in the match played at the same home ground, Sri Kanteerava Stadium on Saturday. Defeated. In the Black Panthers' victory, Uzbek midfielder Mirjalol Kasimov scored the only goal of the match in the 88th minute. Mohammedan Sporting's French centre-back Florent Ogier was named player of the match for his strong performance in defence.
Assistant coach Renedy Singh, who is taking charge today due to the absence of head coach Zaragoza, will definitely be disappointed with this defeat of the Blues. Bengaluru FC remains second in the table with 27 points from 15 matches with eight wins, three draws and four losses. At the same time, Russian head coach Andrei Chernyshov will be very happy with the Black Panthers achieving their second win. Mohammedan Sporting has moved up from the bottom to 12th position in the 13-team table with 10 points from 15 matches with two wins, four draws and nine losses.
The only goal of the match came in the 88th minute, as Uzbek midfielder Mirjalol Kasimov scored to give Mohammedan Sporting the lead, making it 1–0. On the free-kick received outside the box, Kasimov made a sharp shot from a distance of about 25 yards and the ball went over the defensive wall and got entangled in the goal net inside the left corner, while goalkeeper Gurpreet Sandhu dived to his right. Also failed to defend.
The first half ended in a goalless draw as both teams failed to break the deadlock and take the lead. So, the score at half time break was 0-0. Bengaluru FC had more ball control at 70 percent. The Blues made nine attempts, of which two shots were on target but the goal did not come. At the same time, Mohammedan Sporting, which had 30 percent possession of the ball, made six attempts, out of which only one shot was on target but the goal did not come. Mohammedan Sporting appeared to be playing very defensively throughout the half, due to which most of the play took place in their own half and did not give the host team many chances.
This was the second encounter between the two teams in the ISL and today Mohammedan Sporting has won for the first time while Bengaluru FC has won a match. With this result, the balance remained equal in the matches between the two teams this season. Because the Blues had defeated Mohammedan Sporting 2-1 in the first match of the season in Kolkata.
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