In an enthralling final of ISL 2022-23, the Kolkata giants and Bengaluru were inseparable after 120 minutes as a four-goal scoreline was equally shared. Dimitri Petratos scored a brace for ATK Mohun Bagan while Sunil Chhetri and Roy Krishna were on target for Bengaluru. Ultimately ATKMB came out as champions on penalties.
ISL Season 2022-23 Awards Best Pitch Award: Kerala Blasters
FC Grassroots Award: Bengaluru FC and FC Goa
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Bengaluru FC vs Mumbai City FC First Leg of ISL Playoffs 2024-25 | Match Preview, Head-to-head Stats, Predicted Line-up, and Fantasy XI Prediction
Read the full match preview, head-to-head stats, predicted lineup and fantasy XI prediction of the Bengaluru FC vs Mumbai City FC match in the Indian Super League 2024-25 season at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru FC will be kicking off their play-offs campaign against defending champions Mumbai City FC at the Shree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. The game will be a battle of two teams who have achieved the title previously and will be impatient to win it again.
Read the full match preview, head-to-head stats, predicted lineup and fantasy XI prediction of the Bengaluru FC vs Mumbai City FC match in the Indian Super League 2024-25 season at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru FC finished third in the Indian Super League 2024-25 standings following the end of the regular season. With three wins from their last five games, their campaign was relatively successful having secured a place in Play-offs. Under Gerard Zaragoza, they have secured victories in challenging venues like Kolkata, Kochi, and Shillong this season.
Mumbai City FC:
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The Islanders are in a good position they finished sixth in the Indian Super League 2024-25 standings under their head coach Petr Kratky. However, Mumbai won one of their last five matches, but they will eagerly be awaiting to replicate their last match performance against the home side.
Kick Off:
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
Time: 7:30 pm IST
Date: 29 March 2025
Match info: ISL 2024-25 Playoffs
Head-to-head Stats:
Matches Played: 19
Bengaluru won: 8
Mumbai won: 9
Draw: 2
Recent Forms:
Bengaluru FC:
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Bengaluru 0-2 Mumbai (Home, League Stage)
East Bengal 1-1 Bengaluru (Away, League Stage)
Bengaluru 1-0 Chennaiyin (Home, League Stage)
NorthEast United 0-2 Bengaluru (Away, League Stage)
Bengaluru 3-0 Jamshedpur (Home, League Stage)
Mumbai City FC:
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Bengaluru 0-2 Mumbai (Away, League Stage)
Kerala Blaster 1-0 Mumbai (Away, League Stage)
Mumbai City 2-2 Mohun Bagan (Home, League Stage)
Hyderabad 0-0 Mumbai (Away, League Stage)
Mumbai City 1-3 GOA (Home, League Stage)
Injury Update:
Bengaluru FC:
Bengaluru FC is expected to have a fully fit and available side for the upcoming game.
Mumbai City:
Mumbai is going to miss Lallianzualla Chhangte for the upcoming game, and Ayush Chikkara and Akash Mishra both were ruled out due to ACL injury.
Predicted Lineup:
Bengaluru:
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK), Mohamed Salah, Rahul Bheke, Chinglensana, Roshan Singh, Alberto Noguera, Pedro Capo, Suresh Wangjam, Ryan Williams, Edgar Mendez, Sunil Chhetri.
TP Rehenesh (GK), Mohamed Salah, Rahul Bheke, Tiri, Nathan Rodriguez, Yoell van Nieff, Pedro Capo, Brandon Fernandez, Ryan Williams, Jorge Ortiz, Sunil Chhetri.
Scoreline Prediction:
Bengaluru 1-2 Mumbai
Broadcasting Details:
Football fans in India can watch the game in ISL 2024-25 on Star Sports Network, Sports18 3 TV Channel, the JioHotstar App, and the JioHotstar website.
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Kerala Blasters reportedly hire Spanish tactician David Doniga as the new head coach
According to reports, former Panama and El Salvador manager David Doniga has been hired as the new head coach of Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters FC.
Indian Super League outfit Kerala Blasters have reportedly finalized appointing their new head coach for next season's edition of India's primary football tournament.
According to multiple reports, the Manjappadas have roped in former El Salvador managerDavid Doniga as their new head coach, while the contract negotiations are in the final stages.
Kerala Blasters have finalised their coach and are now into the final stages of contract negotiations. The club expects to have a coach in place in the next 2-3 days.#IndianFootball#ISL#KBFC
David Doniga will reportedly acquire the Kerala Blasters' hot-seat
Doniga during El Salvador's clash in a friendly against Argentina. (Image Credit | Getty)
David Doniga has a very impressive coaching career despite taking up jobs mostly as an assistant manager. The 43-year-old Spanish tactician has gathered experience in coaching across 6 countries: Spain, Kuwait, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, and Bolivia.
Leading El Salvador to the CONCACAF Nations League A is the most praiseworthy feat Doniga has achieved so far in his career. The Spanish mastermind became the head coach of El Salvador in January 2024 before getting sacked a year later, in February 2025.
In the 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League B Group A, El Salvador topped the group with five wins out of six games, earning promotion to League A, and earning qualification for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup as well under his managerial radar.
Interestingly, Doniga was on the sidelines when El Salvador faced world champions Argentina in a 0-3 defeat in Philadelphia, US on March 23, 2024. During his tenure, Doniga oversaw 14 matches with El Salvador, achieving 7 victories, 3 draws, and 4 losses
Doniga served as an assistant coach in Kuwaiti football in 2021 and was appointed as an assistant to Thomas Christiansen on the Panama national team, where he also led the under-23 squad.
Doniga as Panama U-23 coach in 2023.
The Spanish manager also became a crucial tactical brain behind Panama's brilliant run in the third round of the 2022 World Cup qualifying, when Panama finished fifth on the table, missing out of the inter-continental play-off zone for only four points.
In 2022, he had a brief coaching stint with AD Nueve de Octubre in the Ecuadorian Liga Pro Serie A. After that, he worked with Sporting San Miguelito in Panamanian football from June to December 2023.
Doniga (third from the left) with Victor Sanchez (second from the left) while working for Deportivo de la Coruna. (Image Credit | MCS Sports)
However, Doniga has experience working in LaLiga as well, having assisted Victor Sanchez as an assistant coach for Real Betis between November 2016 to May 2017. He also assisted Victor for clubs such as Spanish sides Deportivo, Malaga, and Greek side Olympiacos in different short stints.
ISL 2024-25 Playoffs Fixtures and Format: Everything you need to know
Bengaluru FC, Jamshedpur FC, NorthEast United FC and Mumbai City FC will compete in the ISL playoffs. Here is everything you need to know about ISL 2024-25 Playoffs Fixtures and Format.
Following a tight contention in the league stage to seal passage into theIndian Super League 2024-25 knockout phase, six teams have secured their appearance for the playoffs.
The league stage of 2024-25 ended with a dead-rubber game on Wednesday as Kerala Blasters and Hyderabad FC shared the spoils in a 1-1 stalemate.
The Mariners successfully defended their ISL League Shield as well, becoming the first-ever team in ISL history to achieve this feat, having earned a record 56 points in 24 matches.
Jamshedpur FC and NorthEast United FC also booked their places in the playoffs. NorthEast United FC secured the fourth spot with 38 points in 24 games, whereas Jamshedpur FC finished in fifth place with the same points, but fell short in the goal difference.
The sixth and final playoff spot was clinched by Mumbai City FC, with 36 points in 24 games following a 2-0 victory against Bengaluru FC in the final match of the regular season.
Bengaluru FC, NorthEast United FC and Jamshedpur FC all finished with 38 points after 24 games. For teams that have the same number of points, their head-to-head record is considered first. If their head-to-head results are tied at 1-1 or if they have drawn, then goal difference is taken into account.
According to this rule, Bengaluru FC had a win and a draw against Northeast United FC, which is why they are ranked above. Jamshedpur FC also has the points as Bengaluru and NorthEast, but their head-to-head record is lower, which is why they are placed below the other two.
ISL Playoffs Format
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The top six teams from the league stage qualify for the playoffs, with the top two teams ensuring a direct place in the two-legged semi-finals.
Additionally, the team that finishes at the top of the table after the league stage wins the League Shield and secures a place in the group phase of the AFC Champions League Two.
The four teams that finish in the third to sixth positions will compete for a spot in the semi-finals through a playoff round. Notably, the playoffs are decided in a single-legged knockout game which is played in the home ground of the team that finished higher on the leaderboard.
To award some deserving advantage to the third and fourth placed teams in the league stage, the third-placed team takes on the sixth-placed side, whereas the fourth-placed and fifth-placed team meet in the other playoff.
The winners of the play-offs will advance to the semi-finals and will compete against the first two teams for a place in the ISL 2024-25 Final.
ISL 2024-25 Playoffs Fixtures
Mumbai City won the ISL Cup in the 2023-24 season. (Image Credit | MCFC)
Pending an official confirmation, ISL 2024-25 playoffs are likely to be played on March 29 and 30, whereas the semifinals are scheduled for the first week of April.
According to reports, the first legs of the semi-finals are supposed to be played on April 2 and 3; and the return legs will take place on April 6 and 7, respectively.
However, here are the confirmed match-ups in the ISL 2024-25 Playoffs.
AIFF confirms Super Cup to return to Bhubaneswar in April 2025
AIFF has confirmed that Super Cup is set to return to Bhubaneswar in April 2025, with tentative dates from April 18 to 27, pending official confirmation.
The 2025 edition of the AIFFSuper Cupwill be hosted at Bhubaneswar in Odisha, likely in the second week of April. The event is the premier annual Indian football cup tournament, and this will be the second consecutive Super Cup tournament in the state of Odisha.
AIFF have also announced the tentative dates for the competition to be planned between April 18 and 27, but the official confirmation is yet to arrive.
AIFF confirms the venue and tentative dates for Super Cup 2025
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This will be the fifth edition of the tournament and is open to the two top divisions of Indian football, featuring the Indian Super League and the I-League, respectively.
The Super Cup replaced the Federation Cup in 2018, and three of the last four editions have taken place in Bhubaneswar.
In 2024, the tournament was a 16-team competition and featured all 12 teams from the Indian Super League and four teams from the I-League. It started with the group stage and progressed to a 4-team knockout tournament.
Although the format and the final dates of the 2025 edition of this tournament are yet to be announced, there are speculations of changing the format in the upcoming editions. The winner of this tournament will also qualify for the qualifiers of the 2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, the second division of the Asian club football competition.
⚽ The 2025 Super Cup is heading back to Bhubaneswar, Odisha! 🏆🔥
Reports suggest that India's premier club football tournament will take place in the second week of April, marking Odisha’s second consecutive year as host.
Anilkumar Prabhakaran, the General Secretary of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), said the following to Sportstar:
Yes, the tournament will happen in Bhubaneswar, but the other details (exact dates and format) have not been decided yet. It will be finalised in the next few days
Kerala Blasters FC vs Jamshedpur FC LIVE ISL 2024-25: Highlights Drincic's own goal dashed Kerala Blasters' playoff dreams | Kerala Blasters FC 1-1 Jamshedpur FC
Catch the Highlights of the Kerala Blasters FC vs Jamshedpur match in the Indian Super League 2024-25 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.
Hello and welcome to another live coverage of Indian football. We continue bringing you all the live updates of the Indian Super League 2024-25. Tonight, we will bring you all the live updates, news, and live scores of the crucial encounter between Kerala Blasters FC vs Jamshedpur FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.
Kerala Blasters FC's qualification scenario is complicated since they depend on a rash of other results. However, the straightforward equation is that they need to win all of their remaining games for starters. So far, they have 24 points from 21 games, including seven wins and three draws.
Kerala Blasters FC have struggled in recent games, failing to score in their last two home matches, which demands their attack to bounce back. They remain unbeaten at home against Jamshedpur FC (P5 W2 D3).
The Man of Steel has already qualified for the playoffs and will be eyeing a league double after prevailing 1-0 overthe Tuskers in the reverse fixture.
The Tuskers will have qualification berths at high stakes ahead of this game. So, sit back and enjoy the match as Sportz Point provides you with all the real-time updates, team news, live scores, and match commentary tonight.
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Final Whistle Blows! Kerala Blasters FC 1-1 Jamshedpur FC
Mar 1, 2025, 3:55 PM
90+5' | Free Kick to Jamshedpur
Aiban commits the foul on Sanan
Mar 1, 2025, 3:53 PM
90+4' | Corner to Kerala
Can they take the lead again?
Mar 1, 2025, 3:52 PM
90+3' | Corner to Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 3:51 PM
90+2' | Chance for Jamshedpur
Great ball from the corner to Javi, and his shot misses the net by inches
Mar 1, 2025, 3:50 PM
End of regulation time | Extra 6 minutes added
Mar 1, 2025, 3:49 PM
89' | Thomas gets Yellow
Purushotaman's assistant coach misbehaved with Sanan, the referee shows the yellow to him
Mar 1, 2025, 3:46 PM
86' | GOALLLLL!!!
Poor defensive show by the Tuskers, Sreekuttan's cross is not so well-directed, the cross deflected with Drincic and he scored the own goal.
Mar 1, 2025, 3:44 PM
85' | Throw in for Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 3:43 PM
82' | GOAL disallowed!
Brilliant ball by Luna from the corner, the ball was not well cleared by Jamshedpur's defense, the rebound found by Danish and he netted the ball, but he was in an offside position, close call by the referees,
Mar 1, 2025, 3:40 PM
82' | Corner for Kerala
Mar 1, 2025, 3:39 PM
80' | Throw in for Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 3:39 PM
80' | Corner for Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 3:38 PM
79' | Off-side!
Adrian Luna's great pass to Amawia but he is in an offside position
Mar 1, 2025, 3:36 PM
78' | Corner to Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 3:34 PM
76' | Drinks Break
Mar 1, 2025, 3:33 PM
73' | Double saves for Jamshedpur
IN: Mohammed Sanan, Sreekuttan VS
OUT: Ritwik Das , Imran Khan
Mar 1, 2025, 3:32 PM
72' | Yellow to Jamshedpur
Prateek commits the foul on Amawia
Mar 1, 2025, 3:31 PM
71' | Substitution for Kerala
IN: Lalthanmawaia Renthlei
OUT: Mohammed Aimen
Mar 1, 2025, 3:28 PM
70' | Throw in for Kerala
Mar 1, 2025, 3:27 PM
69' | Throw in for Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 3:26 PM
67' | Naocha gets down!
Mar 1, 2025, 3:25 PM
67' | Throw in for Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 3:23 PM
64' | The Man of Steel are looking to hold on to ball
Mar 1, 2025, 3:21 PM
62' | Free Kick to Kerala
Rei commits the foul on Luna
Mar 1, 2025, 3:19 PM
59' | Substitution for Jamshedpur
IN: Rei Tachikawa
OUT: Lazar Cirkovic
Mar 1, 2025, 3:16 PM
56' | Offside!
Luna's weighted pass for Danish, but he is in an offside position.
Mar 1, 2025, 3:14 PM
55' | free kick to Jamshedpur
Peprah commits the foul on Eze
Mar 1, 2025, 3:11 PM
51' | Chance for Kerala
Quick counter by the hosts, great pass from Peprah to Vibin, but the counter comes to an end with a great shot by Vibin, shot misses the net by inches
Mar 1, 2025, 3:10 PM
50' | Free kick to Jamshedpur
Aiben commits a foul on Ritwik
Mar 1, 2025, 3:09 PM
49' | Chance for Kerala
Great shot from Adrian Luna but misses the net by inches
Mar 1, 2025, 3:08 PM
47' | Substitution for Kerala
IN: Danish Farooq
OUT: Sukahm Meitei
Mar 1, 2025, 3:07 PM
46' | Substitution for Jamshedpur FC
IN: Danish Farooq
OUT: Sourav Das,
Mar 1, 2025, 3:04 PM
46' | Second half begins!!!
Mar 1, 2025, 2:49 PM
End of the first half time | Kerala Blasters 1-0 Jamshedpur FC
Mar 1, 2025, 2:48 PM
45+2' | Chance for Kerala
Aimen's grounded pass in front of the goalkeeper's box, but Naocha fails to net the ball
Mar 1, 2025, 2:46 PM
End of the regulation time | Extra 4 minutes added time
Mar 1, 2025, 2:46 PM
45' | Free kick to Jamshedpur
Naocha commits the foul on Javi
Mar 1, 2025, 2:45 PM
44' | Free Kick to Kerala
Sourav commits the foul on Peprah.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:44 PM
43' | Kerala is looking to hold on to ball
Mar 1, 2025, 2:43 PM
42' | Chance for Kerala
Naocha's pass to Peprah but he fails to net the ball
Mar 1, 2025, 2:42 PM
41' | Throw in Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 2:41 PM
41' | Free kick to Kerala
Murray commits the foul on Drincic
Mar 1, 2025, 2:40 PM
40' | Throw in for Kerala Blasters
Mar 1, 2025, 2:37 PM
35' | GOALLLLL!!!!! Kerala Blasters 1-0 Jamshedpur
What an outstanding goal by Korou, A magnificent solo run by Korou, the solo run ends with a magnificent goal. A solo effort by Korou takes the lead for Kerala.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:34 PM
33' | Good defense by Uvais!
Korou Singh's solo run blocked by Muhammad Uvais, showing better defensive technique after the yellow.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:30 PM
30' | Drinks Break
Mar 1, 2025, 2:30 PM
29' | Chance for Jamshedpur
Nikhil Barla's cross intercepted by Murray with a header, but he failed to net the ball
Mar 1, 2025, 2:28 PM
28' | Corner for Jamshedpur FC
Mar 1, 2025, 2:27 PM
26' | Both teams are maintaining their defense line tight!
Both teams are maintaining a tight defense, hoping not to concede first.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:26 PM
25' | Throw in for Kerala
Mar 1, 2025, 2:25 PM
25' | Throw in for Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 2:24 PM
23' | Chance for Kerala
Brilliant ball from Adrian Luna to Peprah and his solo run comes to an end by a block by Eze and Barla, for the exchange of a corner.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:22 PM
22' | Throw in for Jamshedpur
Mar 1, 2025, 2:21 PM
21' | Throw in for Jamshedpur FC
Mar 1, 2025, 2:20 PM
20' | Free Kick to Kerala Blasters
Eze commits the foul on Peprah
Mar 1, 2025, 2:19 PM
19' | Kerala is looking to hold on to ball
Mar 1, 2025, 2:18 PM
16' | Substitution for Jamshedpur
IN: Nikhil Barla
OUT: Shubham Sarangee
Mar 1, 2025, 2:17 PM
15' | Corner to Kerala Blasters
Adrian Luna's run blocked by Subham, he declines the threat for the exchange of a corner.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:14 PM
13' | Yellow to Jamshedpur
A reckless challenge by Uvais to korou, and the referee shows a yellow card to Uvais.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:13 PM
11' | Shubham gets down
Subham picks up a slight knock, when tackling Naocha.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:10 PM
10' | Free-Kick to Jamshedpur
Drincic commits the foul on Javi
Mar 1, 2025, 2:10 PM
9' | Back to Back corners for Kerala
Mar 1, 2025, 2:09 PM
8' | Corner for Kerala Blasters
Luna's cross blocked by Shubham for the exchange of the corner
Mar 1, 2025, 2:07 PM
8' | Kerala is looking to hold on to ball
Mar 1, 2025, 2:06 PM
6' | Throw in for Kerala
Mar 1, 2025, 2:06 PM
5' | Free kick to Jamshedpur
Naocha commits the foul on Javi Hernandez
Mar 1, 2025, 2:05 PM
5' | Jamshedpur is keeping the ball position
Mar 1, 2025, 2:04 PM
2' | Jamshedpur is looking to hold on to ball
With Kerala keeping their defense tight, Man of Steel is moving the ball all around on the pitch, looking for the right time to attack.
Mar 1, 2025, 2:01 PM
1' |The Match Begins!
The match is underway in Kochi
Mar 1, 2025, 1:31 PM
Sreekuttan VS is ready face Kerala
Sreekuttan VS is all set to seize his opportunity and make a mark!🦾🔥
The Man of Steel has already qualified for the playoffs.
Mar 1, 2025, 9:26 AM
Play-offs qualification scenario: Kerala Blasters FC
Kerala Blasters FC's qualification scenario is complicated since they depend on a rash of other results. However, the straightforward equation is that they need to win all of their remaining games for starters. So far, they have 24 points from 21 games, including seven wins and three draws.
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