East Bengal FC head coach Carles Cuadrat was pleased with the three points but exercised caution after his team's victory against Hyderabad FC in ISL 2023-24 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, in Kolkata, on Saturday.

Silva struck a fine brace to power East Bengal to their maiden win of the Indian Super League (ISL 2023-24) season as they beat Hyderabad FC 2-1 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.

Cuadrat was happy with the three points, but said he was aware of how difficult the game was going to be against Hyderabad FC. He further warned his team to be cautious about fine margins, which could decide games.

"It was a game with not a lot of chances. Our team created more chances the other day. But this is football. Hyderabad FC is used to being competitive with very narrow margins. Last season, in a lot of games they finished 1-0. The players knew that they had to manage that kind of result. Now, with the new rules that are happening, lot of games are around 100 minutes. "

"So we were focused that anything could happen. It's true that a set-piece can change anything and it was a moment of brilliance with Cleiton scoring that wonderful goal. We are celebrating these three points but we have to be conscious that narrow margins are always here in the ISL," Cuadrat said in the post-match press conference.

Both teams scored in the opening 10 minutes to set the tone of the of the ISL 2023-24 game. Hyderabad built an attacking offensive move from the right flank and Australian striker Joe Knowles received a cross with perfection at the edge of the box on the left side.

He displayed commendable footwork to get past three defenders before cutting back and taking a shot at goal. He couldn't get enough power behind the shot but Hitesh Sharma was at the right place at the right time to find the back of the net.

The home side equalised within a couple of minutes and it was former Hyderabad FC player Borja Herrera who was the architect. Carles Cuadrat's side went direct as Herrera received a long ball and moved to the left to make space and have a go at goal. Silva was at the right spot to latch onto the loose ball and beat the 'keeper to make it 1-1.

East Bengal took a quick corner in the 36th minute, which caught the Hyderabad defence by surprise. The ball was directed to Silva again, who outjumped his marker but his header flew slightly above the crossbar.

The second half of this ISL 2023-24 was a similarly equal affair as both teams struggled at to seize control. They used different strategies to do so: Hyderabad head coach Conor Nestor made four substitutes, while Cuadrat stuck to his starting XI and delayed his substitutions.

It was Silva who made the difference again in this ISL 2023-24 match as he struck a phenomenal free-kick at the brink of injury time. Stepping up to take the set-piece, the striker displayed impeccable technique to curl the ball into the top left corner and ensured that East Bengal bagged all three points from the game.

East Bengal FC will next take on Bengaluru FC on October 4, while Hyderabad FC will square off against Jamshedpur FC in ISL 2023-24 on October 5.

Scoring a hat-trick is considered one of the most significant achievements of a striker in football. In football leagues worldwide, we get to see the top-level strikers achieving multiple hat-tricks in their careers. 

In the Indian Super League, Nigerian striker Bartholomew Ogbeche has the record for scoring the most number of hattricks in the league. With Indian legend, Sunil Chhetri giving him a tough competition in the table, we present you players with the ISL stats of players with the most hat-tricks in Indian Super League history.

2 Hattricks | Stiven Mendoza, Dudu Omagbemi, Coro, Marcelinho, Modou Sougou 

Stiven Mendoza, Dudu Omagbemi, Coro, Marcelinho, and Modou Sougou have scored two hattricks in their ISL careers.

Mendoza, the Colombian left winger played for Chennaiyin FC on two stints; once in the 2013/14 season and again in the 2014/15 season. He scored 15 goals in 22 games and netted twice in three ISL playoff matches. 

He scored his first ISL hat-trick against FC Goa in Chennaiyin’s opening game in 2015. Mendoza scored his second hattrick, against Kerala Blasters in a 4-1 win.

Dudu, the Nigerian striker is one of the known faces in Indian football, having played for East Bengal and Salgaocar FC in the I-League. However, he played for FC Pune City, FC Goa and Chennaiyin FC in ISL. 

He scored his first ISL hat-trick against Mumbai City FC while playing for FC Goa, in 2015. His last hat-trick in the league came against Northeast United FC in a 3-3 draw for Chennaiyin FC in the 2016/17 season. 

Coro, the Spaniard spent three seasons in India with FC Goa from 2017-18 to 2019-20. In 50 ISL league games, he scored a stunning 47 goals while contributing 16 assists. He had scored back-to-back hattricks in his first season, one against Bengaluru FC, followed by one against Kerala Blasters. 

Marcelinho, the Brazilian winger started his ISL career with Delhi Dynamos in 2016, joined Pune City in 2017 and continued playing in India for Hyderabad FC, Odisha FC, ATK Mohun Bagan and NEUFC. 

He scored one hat-trick against FC Goa for Delhi Dynamos and another against NEUFC for FC Pune City in 2017.

Modou Sougou, the Senegalese right winger played for Mumbai City FC in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. He scored four goals in a match against Kerala Blasters in the 2018-19 season and scored his last ISL hat-trick against ATK in the same season. 

3 hattricks | Iain Hume and Sunil Chhetri 

One of the earliest stars of the Indian Super League, the Canadian striker, who had played for clubs like Leicester City, joined Kerala Blasters in the first season. In 2015/16, he moved to Atletico de Kolkata and won the league in 2016. Later, he rejoined KBFC, before finishing with Pune City. 

His fast ISL hat-trick came for Atletico Day, Kolkata against Mumbai City FC. His other hat-trick for ATK came against FC Pune City in the 2015-16 season.

Hume’s third hattrick was for Kerala Blasters against Delhi Dynamos in the 2017-18 season. 

Like Hume, Indian football legend, Sunil Chhetri has also scored 3 ISL hattricks in his career. The former India captain has scored the number of goals in the league’s history.

Chhetri became the first Indian player to score a hat-trick in ISL when he scored against Northeast United FC in the 2015/16 season for Mumbai City FC. 

In the 2017-18 season, Chhetri scored his second hat-trick against FC Pune City for Bengaluru FC. His latest hat-trick came against Kerala Blasters in 4-2 win for BFC. With this hat-trick, he has also become the oldest player to score a hat-trick in ISL history at 40 years and 126 days old.

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4 | Bartholomew Ogbeche

The former Nigerian striker is one of the most successful footballers in ISL history. In 2018, he started his career in India with Northeast United and later moved to clubs like Kerala Blasters, Mumbai City FC and Hyderabad FC.  

Bartholomew Ogbeche won the ISL Cup twice with Mumbai City FC and Hyderabad FC and the league once with Mumbai City FC. 

His first ISL hat-trick was against Chennaiyin FC for NEUFC in the 2018-19 season. Chennaiyin became his favourite opponent when he scored his second ISL hat-trick against the Kerala Blasters in the 2019-20 season. 

His third and fourth ISL hat-trick came for Hyderabad FC against East Bengal and FC Goa. 

ISL Hat-tricks FAQ

Indian Super League outfit Hyderbad FC owners are reportedly planning to move their base to Delhi from next season onwards. According to IFTWC reports, Hyderabad FC owners BC Jindal Group are looking for the formulas and regulations to move away from Hyderabad and from next season the club may participate with a brand-new avatar based in Delhi. 

Hyderabad FC in the ISL 

Hyderabad FC was formed in 2019 to replace FC Pune City as it was financially struggling. The Pune-based franchise was disbanded in 2019 and Hyderabad FC was announced to step into the Indian Football map from the 2019-20 season. 

However, the soft rebranding of the entity did not reflect in their performance as they could not perform well in the first two seasons. Hyderabad finished last in their debut ISL season under Phil Brown who was also the last coach of FC Pune City. The current Indian national team head coach Manolo Marquez was appointed as the head coach of Hyderabad but he also could not deliver the expected result. Hyderabad finished 5th in the 2020-21 season and missed the ISL play-offs by a slight difference of points. 

In the 2021-22 season, Hyderabad FC achieved the coveted ISL trophy under Manolo Marquez beating Kerala Blasters on penalties to be the ISL cup winners. 
The woes of financial struggles and disastrous performance of the Hyderabad side since the start of last season continued and it was uncertain for them to participate in this season's ISL. However, BC Jindal Group took over the club in August 2024 and cleared all the financial issues. 

The relocation

The interest in relocation from the new owners of Hyderabad FC may not be as unexpected as it seems. The owners, BC Jindal Group have shown interest in buying a franchise in Indian Football in the past as well.

In June 2023, AIFF asked for bids to launch two new I-League teams. Inter Kashi and Namdhari SC were finalized from all the corporate bids, but the bid submitted by Concatenate Advest for the Delhi franchise could not compete due to finances.  The Concatenate Advest Pvt. Ltd. is owned by BC Jindal Group and they submitted the bid for the Delhi franchise along with TVS Motors. 

As the company and the conglomerate that owns Hyderabad FC are located in New Delhi, the plan to relocate is not as unpredictable as it seems. 
Delhi Dynamos FC, the former ISL franchise that relocated to Odisha and came out as Odisha FC, was the last club to take part in the ISL from the capital of India. However, Punjab FC currently play their home matches in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. The officials will have to find a solution for these issues as well. The local talents of Hyderabad might not get the expected care anymore, which might be a bad advertisement for Indian Football.

Hello and welcome to another live coverage of the Indian Super League 2024-25. Tonight, we will be covering the Kolkata Derby between the historic rivals  East Bengal and Mohammedan, set to kick off at 7:30 PM IST at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata. 

Build Up

East Bengal is back from their continental duties after qualifying in the quarter-final of the AFC Challenge League 2024-25. But the Red and Gold Brigade have lost every ISL game they played this season including the prestigious Kolkata Derby against Mohun Bagan SG. Currently, East Bengal is 13th in the league table with zero points in 6 matches. East Bengal's new coach Oscar Bruzon will be on a hunt for three points and mark a statement win. 

Mohammedan SC has been in a tumultuous situation in the last couple of weeks as they have lost three straight matches in the ISL 2024-25. After earning 4 points in the first 3 matches, things went wrong for the Black Panthers. They are currently standing at the 12th position with 4 points in 6 matches; just one step above East Bengal. Coach Chernyshov needs to get his team back on track and earn their first point after the 1-0 victory over Chennaiyin. 

Read the full match preview here:

ISL 2024-25 | East Bengal vs Mohammedan SC Match Preview: Head-to-head Stats, Previous Records

As the high-voltage encounter is approaching tonight, keep an eye on the match as we bring you all the real-time updates, team news, and live scores of the East Bengal FC vs Mohammedan SC in the Indian Super League 2024-25. 

This is Soumit Bhattacharya, who will bring you all the updates of the match from the web desk.

Indian Super League 2024-25 will set the stage for the third Kolkata Derby this season as East Bengal and Mohammedan will face off for the first time in ISL. The historic rivals are about to set the field on fire at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in the 'City of Joy' Kolkata tonight as the match will kick off at 7:30 PM IST.

East Bengal are completely cornered in the ISL this season, having lost every game they played and currently standing at the 13th position in the league table. The Red and Gold Brigade are yet to earn a point in the ISL this season; but they have qualified for the inaugural AFC Challenge League 2024-25 Quarter-finals under the new head coach Oscar Bruzon. 

Now it is high time for Bruzon and his team to open their account in the league as well. East Bengal will surely not settle for a draw but they will go all out for all three points to make a statement win, and there is no better game to do so than in the Kolkata Derby.

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On the other hand, Mohammedan SC is not in a much different situation than East Bengal as they have been defeated in their last three ISL outings, including a 0-3 defeat against another city rival Mohun Bagan SG. In the first three matches, the Black Panthers earned 4 points but it all went downhill in the last three matches. 

The 2023-24 I League champions, and ISL debutants this season are currently standing in the 12th position in the league table with 4 points in 6 matches. Head coach Andrey Chernyshov will look to break their losing streak and get back on track.

Match Details:

Match: East Bengal FC vs Mohammedan Sporting Club

Date: 9 November 2024

Time: 7.30 pm IST

Venue: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata. 

Streaming Details:

Fans of both teams can watch the match between East Bengal vs Mohammedan SC in ISL 2024-25 on Sports 18 3 TV Channel and Jio Cinema App and website.

Team News: East Bengal FC

Key center-back Hector Yuste who suffered a groin injury in the AFC Challenge League campaign, will be sidelined for an unknown period. Mark Zothanpuia is still recovering from an injury and he will be out as well. Provat Lakra will miss the game due to card issues. Coach Oscar Bruzon will have the rest of the squad to take on Mohammedan. 

All eyes 👀 on our first #ISL meeting with Mohammedan! 📸 (2/2)#JoyEastBengal #EBFCMSC pic.twitter.com/PZsL4wmY8c

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) November 8, 2024

Team News: Mohammedan SC

Coach Andrey Chernyshov will have the full squad at his disposal to field the best eleven to take on East Bengal. There is no reported news of injury or absence for Mohammedan except Abdul Mohammed Kadiri, the new signing who is out for the whole season. 

Giving it all before #EBFCMSC ⚔️⚡️#EBFCMSC #ISL #MohammedanSC #JaanJaanMohammedan #JaanShaanImaanDilMeinMohammedan pic.twitter.com/dFMPhf0ti0

— Mohammedan SC (@MohammedanSC) November 9, 2024

Head-to-head Stats

Tonight is the first time these two long-standing rivals will face each other in the Indian Super League.

However, East Bengal and Mohammedan have met at the national level in various competitions such as the I League, Durand Cup, Federation Cup, and National Football League (predecessor of I League). Here are the Head-to-head stats of national-level encounters between these two teams since the year 1985.

Matches Played: 15

East Bengal wins: 11

Mohammedan SC wins: 1

Draws: 3

Previous Records 

Here are the records of the previous matches between these teams in different tournaments since 1985:

Hello and welcome to another live coverage of the Indian Super League 2024-25. Tonight, we will be covering another chapter of the highly-anticipated rivalry where the two Southern rivals, Mumbai City FC and  Kerala Blasters FC will face each other at the Mumbai Football Arena at Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. 

Build Up 

The last meeting between Mumbai City FC and Kerala Blasters was a goal galore but one-sided. Kerala Blasters crushed Mumbai by 8-0 in the opening game of the 2024 Durand Cup in Kolkata. 

However, the scenarios are pretty different in the Indian Super League tonight, as Mumbai City will host Kerala Blasters at the Mumbai Football Arena where both teams are under severe pressure with their current performance and they will lock horns for all three points.

Mumbai City were held to a 1-1 draw in their last game against Odisha FC at home. Petr Kratky's men are in the 10th position league table with only 1 win so far in 5 matches and having 6 points. They lost against Jamshedpur FC at away and drew the other three. Also, The Islanders have only scored 7 goals, which is the lowest tally among the top 10 teams right now. The defending ISL Cup winners are under pressure as they will put their all to thrive and progress in the league table. 

On the other hand, Kerala Blasters' journey in the ISL 2024-25 so far has been nothing short of a roller-coaster ride. The Tuskers are in the 9th position of the league table with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 defeats and collecting 8 points in 6 matches. Mikael Stahre's battalion lost to Bengaluru FC by 1-3 in their last ISL outing. However, their Moroccan talisman Noah Sadoui, and forward Jesus Jimenez are in fine form. After missing out on the Bengaluru game, Sadaoui is expected to return tonight.

As a nail-biting ISL encounter is set to take place in Mumbai from 7:30 PM IST onwards, sit back and enjoy the game with Sportzpoint bringing you all the LIVE updates, news, and scores. 

This is Soumit Bhattacharya, who will bring you all the updates of the match from the web desk.