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Mohun Bagan go back top after win over NEUFC and more from matchweek 11 of ISL 2024-25

Manvir Singh and Liston Colaco have been instrumental for Mohun Bagan this season Adimazes/ISL

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 10 is here.

Here are the details for matchweek 11 of ISL 2024-25 with the latest match report coming first:


NorthEast United 0 - 2 Mohun Bagan

(Manvir 65', Liston 71')

An entertaining affair ended 2-0 to Mohun Bagan on the back of the individual quality of Bagan's wingers. Manvir Singh opened the scoring by cutting in from the right, running along the box, and striking it hard and low towards the far post. Six minutes later, Liston Colaco repeated the trick from the left, cutting in and scoring in what was essentially a mirror image of the Manvir goal.

NorthEast had their moments, but simply couldn't take their chances, while Vishal Kaith was in fine form to keep Bagan's third straight cleansheet. NEUFC had 14 shots and Bagan had 15 - an indicator of how even the match was. Bagan's win takes them back on top of the table (on GD, and with a game in hand) while NEUFC remain sixth.


Bengaluru FC 4 - 2 Kerala Blasters

(Chhetri 8', 73', 90'+8', Williams 38'; Jimenez 56', Freddy 67')

It was a Sunil Chhetri masterclass as Bengaluru FC beat Kerala Blasters 4-2 in a roller coaster of a match that saw BFC take a 2-0 lead and the the Blasters equalise at one point to make it 2-2.

Chhetri's goals were all classic SC11: a thumping header at the far post off a delicious Ryan Williams cross, a tap in after good work from Jorge Pereyra Diaz and a class finish that saw him sit Prabir Das down before finishing inside the near post. Williams' goal was the second of the match, cutting in from the left and arrowing it into the far top corner.

The Blasters started the second half well and after Noah Sadaoui set up Jesus Jimenez for one and Adrian Luna put the second on a platter for Freddy, it appeared that they had the upper hand. Chhetri, though, finished clinically on the break to change the tide of the game yet again.

The result puts BFC back atop the league (although Bagan are three behind, with two games in hand) while the Blasters continue to languish in 10th.


Chennaiyin FC 0 - 0 East Bengal

(Vishnu 54', Jeakson 84')

A third consecutive cleansheet laid the foundation of a resurgent East Bengal's 2-0 win away at Chennaiyin: their first away win of the season. The first goal started at the feet of Mahesh Singh. He dinked the ball to Saul Crespo, who shot at goal -- the shot was spilled and Vishnu converted the rebound with a minimum of fuss. Jeakson made it two half an hour later with a long range stunner.

Chennaiyin dominated for large swathes, especially in the first half, but Owen Coyle will be worried about his team's inability to convert all that dominance into presentable chances, and from there goals as they look to break a run of four winless games.

The result lifts EB up one place to 11th, while Chennaiyin remain 9th.


Punjab FC 2 - 0 Mohammedan SC

(Majcen 58', Mrzljak 66')

High flying Punjab FC continued their up-tick in form as they beat struggling Mohammedan Sporting 2-0 in New Delhi. Goals from Luka Majcen and Filip Mrzjlak were enough to see the home team ease home with three points.

Mrzjlak was at the heart of all things good for Punjab, and it was his shot that MSC keeper Bhaskar Roy spilled into the path of Ricky Shabong, who in turn teed up Majcen for the opener. Pulga Vidal then pinged a neat ball to Mrzjlak, who showed some quick feet to find space and finish superbly.

For MSC, it was once again a tale of missed chances. In fact, Mohammedan had the best chance to score in the first half. Alexis Gomez and Franca combined well in the left wing and the latter's cross found Remsanga free on the far post. The striker totally scuffed his attempt as he could not slot inside an open goal.


Odisha FC 0 - 0 Mumbai City FC

A goalless draw saw Odisha remain fourth and Mumbai City eighth. Mumbai had 20 shots to Odisha's 7 but the xG difference of 0.92 vs 0.45 speaks to the quality of the shots taken and the chances created.

In what turned out to be a game between equals, possession was dead-even and even accurate passes were nearly identical (331 vs 332, both at 80% accuracy). In fact they even committed nearly the same number of fouls: 11 v 10.


Hyderabad FC 0 - 2 FC Goa

(Udanta 33', Guarrotxena 44')

Goals from Udanta Singh and Iker Guarrotxena saw Manolo Marquez win his 100th ISL game and lead his FC Goa side to third place on the table. The game started on a rather even keel till Guarrotxena started pulling the strings from the middle. The first goal, though, came from the two wingers combining. Yasir trivela-d a superb pass from right to left, letting Udanta run one-on-one before finishing neatly at the near post. Guarrotxena made it two just before halftime after a long ranger was deflected in.

Hyderabad had their moments, but young Goa keeper Hrithik Tiwari made seven saves and the home team's own decision making let them down.