South Indian Derby

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South Indian Derby
Other namesSouthern Derby
LocationSouth India
TeamsBengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC,
Kerala Blasters FC,Hyderabad FC
First meetingChennaiyin FC 2–1 Kerala Blasters FC
2014 Indian Super League season
(21 October 2014)
Latest meetingKerala Blasters FC 0–1 Bengaluru FC
2021–22 Indian Super League season
(30 January 2022)
Next meetingKerala Blasters FC vs Chennaiyin FC
2021–22 Indian Super League season
(15 February 2022)
StadiumsSree Kanteerava Stadium Bengaluru,
Marina Arena Stadium Chennai,
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi
Statistics
Meetings total39
Most winsBengaluru FC (13 wins)
Most player appearancesHarmanjot Khabra (21 appearances)
Top scorerSunil Chhetri (11 goals)
Largest victoryKerala Blasters FC 3–6 Chennaiyin FC
2019–20 Indian Super League season

The South Indian Derby, also known as the Southern Derby, is the name given to a football derby contested by any two of the three professional football clubs from South India—Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC and Kerala Blasters FC.[1][2][3] The geographical proximity of the clubs contributes significantly to the rivalries. Along with this, the competition between the West Block Blues and Manjappada—the fan clubs of Bengaluru FC and the Blasters respectively—intensifies the rivalry among those two clubs.[4][5]

Bengaluru was founded in 2013; the Blasters and Chennaiyin were founded one year later. The first South Indian Derby was in 2014, when Kerala and Chennaiyin first met in the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. Bengaluru joined the Indian Super League (ISL) in 2017, playing in the same division with the Blasters and Chennaiyin for the first time. They played their first Southern Derby against Chennaiyin FC on 17 December 2017,[6] and played their first match against the Kerala Blasters on 31 December 2017.[7]

History[]

South Indian Derby is located in India
Kerala Blasters FC
Kerala Blasters FC
Bengaluru FC
Chennaiyin FC
Location of the three South Indian clubs in the derby.

Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are the three among the five states from South India that also shares their borders. Kerala Blasters is based in Kochi, in Kerala's west; Chennaiyin FC is based in Chennai, in Tamil Nadu's north east;[8] Bengaluru FC is based in Bengaluru, in Karnataka's south east. Though Hyderabad FC, located in Telangana state, is technically South Indian, because it is located in the north of South India and is far from these three clubs, it is not generally considered a South Indian club.

Bengaluru FC was founded in July 2013 as a direct entrant to play in the 2013-14 I League season.[9] Concurrently, there were plans to start a new tournament between eight new clubs; the ISL was officially launched on 21 October 2013 by IMG–Reliance, Star Sports, and the All India Football Federation.[10] Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC were founded in 2014 as the league's only South Indian clubs.[11] The first official South Indian Derby took place on 21 October 2014 at Marina Arena where Chennaiyin won the match 2–1 against Kerala Blasters.[12] However, the rivalry between Chennaiyin and Blasters took shape on December 2014, when the Blasters defeated Chennaiyin 4–3 on aggregate in the semifinals to enter the 2014 season final.[13] In 2017, the AIFF approved the proposition to simultaneously run the ISL and I-League in the short–term, with the ISL to become Indian football's top tier in the near future.[14] As part of a league expansion, the ISL's organizers accepted bids for two new franchises in the 2017–18 Indian Super League season; Bengaluru FC won the bid for one of the slots.[15] For the first time, South India's three dominant clubs competed in India's top football league; a new derby atmosphere developed, similar to that of the Kolkata Derby.[16][17]

Bengaluru FC v Chennaiyin FC[]

Bengaluru and Chennaiyin first met on 17 December 2017 at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, the home ground of Bengaluru FC, with the match ending 1–2 in favour of Chennaiyin.[18][19] They met face-to-face three times that season; the last occasion was in the finals of 2017–18 Indian Super League season, where Chennaiyin defeated Bengaluru 2–3, thereby clinching their second Indian Super League title.[20] Since then, both teams' fans had started to develop a rivalry.[21] The rivalry between fans and players grew more intense when the fans of Chennaiyin FC displayed a controversial banner speaking out about Raphael Augusto, when he left Chennaiyin to play for Bengaluru during the 2019-20 Indian Super League season.[22] Since the fans' first confrontation, a match between Bengaluru FC and Chennaiyin FC is one of the most awaited in the Southern Derby.[23]

By competition[]

As of matches finished till 26 January 2022
Competition Played Bengaluru wins Drawn Chennaiyin wins Bengaluru goals Chennaiyin goals
Indian Super League 11 6 2 3 19 10
Total[24] 11 6 2 3 19 10

Full list of results[]

Score lists home team first.
Date Score Winner Competition Venue
17 Dec 2017 1–2 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
6 Feb 2018 1–3 Bengaluru Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
17 Mar 2018 2–3 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
30 Sep 2018 1–0 Bengaluru Indian Super League Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
9 Feb 2019 2–1 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
10 Nov 2019 3–0 Bengaluru Indian Super League Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
9 Feb 2020 0–0 Draw Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
4 Dec 2020 0–1 Bengaluru Indian Super League GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
5 Feb 2021 0–0 Draw Indian Super League Fatorda Stadium, Margao
30 Dec 2021 2–4 Bengaluru Indian Super League Tilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco da Gama
26 Jan 2022 3–0 Bengaluru Indian Super League GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim

Note: Not included friendly matches.

Bengaluru FC v Kerala Blasters FC[]

Kerala Blasters and Bengaluru FC first met on 31 December 2017, with Bengaluru winning the match 3–1.[25] However, the rivalry between the Blasters and Bengaluru is a unique one in Indian football as it developed even before the pair played against each other.[26] The rivalry originates from the competition between both clubs' fan bases—Manjappada of the Blasters and Bengaluru's West Block Blues.[27] When Bengaluru FC joined the Indian Super League in 2017, it was also announced that C. K. Vineeth and Rino Anto, who both played for Kerala Blasters in 2016 season on loan from Bengaluru, would be signing permanently with the Blasters. When Bengaluru played at home against the North Korean side April 25 SC in the first leg of the AFC Cup Inter-Zone in August 2017, both Vineeth and Anto were present at Kanteerava to witness the game. Even though the majority of West Block Blues began singing their specialized chants for Vineeth and Rino Anto,[28] acknowledging their presence and their contributions to the club, a number of supporters among the group also started abusive chanting[29] against Kerala Blasters. Later tension between the groups[30] began when Rino Anto expressed his displeasure over the incident on social media.[31] The rivalry intensified when the groups started going against each other posting banter on social media.[32] It was in the 2021 Durand Cup that the two sides met for the first time outside the ISL with Bengaluru winning the match 2–0 at full-time on 15 September 2021.[33] Since their first meeting in December 2017, a match between the Blasters and Bengaluru is one of the most anticipated derbies in the Indian Super League and is often referred to as the 'Real South Indian Derby'.[34][35][36]

By competition[]

As of matches finished till 30 January 2022
Competition Played Kerala Blasters wins Drawn Bengaluru wins Kerala Blasters goals Bengaluru goals
Indian Super League 10 2 2 6 11 18
Durand Cup[37] 1 0 0 1 0 2
Total[38] 11 2 2 7 11 20


Full list of results[]

Score lists home team first.
Date Score Winner Competition Venue
31 Dec 2017 1–3 Bengaluru Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
1 Mar 2018 2–0 Bengaluru Indian Super League Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
5 Nov 2018 1–2 Bengaluru Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
6 Feb 2019 2–2 Draw Indian Super League Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
23 Nov 2019 1–0 Bengaluru Indian Super League Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
15 Feb 2020 2–1 Kerala Blasters Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
13 Dec 2020 4–2 Bengaluru Indian Super League Fatorda Stadium, Margao
20 Jan 2021 2–1 Kerala Blasters Indian Super League GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
15 Sep 2021 2–0 Bengaluru Durand Cup Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
28 Nov 2021 1–1 Draw Indian Super League GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
30 Jan 2022 0–1 Bengaluru Indian Super League Tilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco da Gama

Note: Not included friendly matches.

Chennaiyin FC v Kerala Blasters FC[]

Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC were founded in 2014 as two of the eight clubs competing in the Indian Super League's (ISL) inaugural season. Their first match was on 21 October 2014 at Marina Arena, with Chennaiyin winning 2–1.[39] Chennaiyin won the second match, at Kochi, 1–0.[40] The clubs played each other again in the semi-finals of that season's playoffs; in the first of two legs, the Blasters defeated Chennaiyin 3–0.[41] At the end of regular time in the second leg, Chennaiyin led 3–0 on the night, levelling the tie 3–3 on aggregate and sending it to extra time. However, in the 116th minute, Stephen Pearson scored for the Blasters, giving them a 4–3 win on aggregate.[42]

In 2016, Chennaiyin manager Marco Materazzi was suspended for one match after his involvement in a scuffle between a Chennaiyin and a Kerala Blasters player.[43] This incident led to Blasters' fans wearing Zinedine Zidane masks at the return leg in Kochi, intensifying the clubs' rivalry.[44][45]

By competition[]

As of matches finished till 22 February 2021
Competition Played Kerala Blasters wins Drawn Chennaiyin wins Kerala Blasters goals Chennaiyin goals
Indian Super League 17 4 7 6 22 23
Total[46] 17 4 7 6 22 23

Full list of results[]

Score lists home team first.
Date Score Winner Competition Venue
21 Oct 2014 2–1 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
30 Nov 2014 0–1 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
3 Dec 2014 3–0 Kerala Blasters Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
16 Dec 2014 3–1 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
31 Oct 2015 1–1 Draw Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
21 Nov 2015 4–1 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
29 Oct 2016 0–0 Draw Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
12 Nov 2016 3–1 Kerala Blasters Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
22 Dec 2017 1–1 Draw Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
23 Feb 2018 0–0 Draw Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
29 Nov 2018 0–0 Draw Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
15 Feb 2019 3–0 Kerala Blasters Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
20 Dec 2019 3–1 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Marina Arena Stadium, Chennai
1 Feb 2020 3–6 Chennaiyin Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
29 Nov 2020 0–0 Draw Indian Super League GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
21 Feb 2021 1–1 Draw Indian Super League GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
22 Dec 2021 0–3 Kerala Blasters Indian Super League Tilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco da Gama

Note: Not included friendly matches.

Statistics[]

All-time results[]

This table includes all matches played between the teams. From the first game played between Kerala Blasters FC and Chennaiyin FC on 21 October 2014, to the most recent South Indian Derby between Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasters FC on 28 November 2021.

As of matches finished till 30 January 2022
Team Played Wins Drawn Losses Goals scored Goals conceded
Bengaluru FC 22 13 4 5 39 21
Chennaiyin FC 28 9 9 9 33 41
Kerala Blasters FC 28 6 9 13 33 43

Note: Not included friendly match statistics.

Head-to-head ranking in Indian Super League (2014–present)[]

This list includes the regular season performance of the three clubs that compete in the derby.

P. 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22
1 1 1 1 TBD
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5
6 6
7 7 7 7
8 8 8
9 9
10 10 10
11

Notes:

  • Bengaluru FC was not part of the first three seasons of the Indian Super League. They came in as one of two new entries from the 2017–18 season onward.
  • The first three seasons of the Indian Super League were finished in the same year with the regular season running from October to December. In the 2017–18 season, ISL started to follow a regular season running from November to March.
  • Red & White refers to Bengaluru FC, Blue & White refers to Chennaiyin FC, and Yellow & Blue refers to Kerala Blasters FC.

Records[]

Match records[]

Highest scoring matches[]

As of matches finished till 30 December 2021
No. of Goals Score Date Competition
9 Kerala Blasters 3–6 Chennaiyin 1 February 2020 Indian Super League
6 Bengaluru 4–2 Kerala Blasters 13 December 2020 Indian Super League
Chennaiyin 2–4 Bengaluru 30 December 2021 Indian Super League
5 Chennaiyin 4–1 Kerala Blasters 21 November 2015 Indian Super League
Bengaluru 2–3 Chennaiyin 17 March 2018 Indian Super League

Notes:

  • This table includes only the matches from the derby with five or more goals in total.
  • Not included friendly matches.

Individual records[]

Appearances[]

As of matches finished till 20 January 2022
Khabra is the player with most appearances and assists in the derby.
No Country Name Appearances
1 India Harmanjot Khabra 21
2 India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 20
3 India Sunil Chhetri 19
India Udanta Singh 19
5 India Anirudh Thapa 17

Notes:

  • This table includes the top five players with the most appearances in the derby. Players in bold are still active on one of the teams that participates in the derby.
  • Not included friendly match appearances.

Goal-scorers[]

As of matches finished till 26 January 2022
India national team and Bengaluru FC skipper Sunil Chhetri is the player with most goals in the derby.
No Country Name Total Goals
1 India Sunil Chhetri 11
2 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 9
3 Venezuela Miku 7
4 India Udanta Singh 5
5 Brazil Cleiton Silva 4

Notes:

  • This table includes the top five all-time goal scorers in the derby. Players in bold are still active on one of the teams that participates in the derby.
  • Not included friendly match goals.

Assists[]

As of matches finished till 26 January 2022
Udanta Singh (in the middle), along with Khabra are the joint top assist providers in the derby.
No Country Name Total Assists
1 India Udanta Singh 4
India Harmanjot Khabra 4
3 Brazil Rafael Crivellaro 3
England Gary Hooper 3
India Sunil Chhetri 3

Notes:

  • This table includes the top five players with the most assists in the derby. Players in bold are still active on one of the teams that participate in the derby.
  • Not included friendly match assists.

Hat-tricks[]

This table includes the players, who scored three goals in a derby match.

As of matches finished till 21 January 2021
No Player For Against Score Date Competition Stadium Ref
1 Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin FC Kerala Blasters FC 4–1 (H) 21 November 2015 2015 Indian Super League Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai [47]
2 Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Kerala Blasters FC Chennaiyin FC 3–6 (H) 1 February 2020 2019–20 Indian Super League season Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi [48]

Notes:

  • Scores of the home teams are given first.
  • Not included friendly match hat-tricks.

Honours[]

This table includes all the trophies that the clubs won since their first appearance in the Indian Super League.

Competition League Championships League Runners-up League Premiers Super Cup Durand Cup
Bengaluru FC 1 1 – 1 –
Chennaiyin FC 2 1 – – –
Kerala Blasters FC – 2 – – –

Notable matches[]

  • Kerala Blasters FC 3–0 Chennaiyin FC (13 December 2014)
This match was one of the first legs of the 2014 Indian Super League semi-finals, which was the third-ever match between these two clubs and is considered one of the causes that sparked the rivalry between them. The match took place in Kochi and had an attendance of 60,900. Ishfaq Ahmed scored the first goal for Blasters in the 27th minute and two minutes later Iain Hume scored their second goal.[49] In injury time, Sushant Mathew scored a left-footer from 30 yards (27 m) from the goal, which sealed the match for the Blasters,[50] and is the first-ever victory for the Blasters against Chennaiyin. Many fans consider Sushant's goal as one of the greatest goals in the club's history.[51][52]
  • Kerala Blasters FC 1–3 Chennaiyin FC (16 December 2014)
This match was the second leg of one of the semi-finals which took place in Chennai and is considered to be one of the most dramatic matches in the history of the Indian Super League.[53][54][55] Kerala Blasters suffered an early setback as their defender Jamie McAllister received a second yellow card during the 28th minute for kicking a Chennaiyin FC player, Bernard Mendy. Mikaël Silvestre opened the score sheet for Chennaiyin in the 42nd minute of the game. During the 50th minute, Chennaiyin received a penalty because of a foul committed by Sandesh Jhingan, but Marco Materazzi missed the shot by hitting it wide of the left post. Chennaiyin then got their second goal when Jhingan scored an own goal while clearing the ball in the 76th minute. Chennaiyin FC levelled the semi-final on an aggregate score of 3–3 in the 90th minute, when Jeje found the net taking the match to extra time. During the 104th minute of the game, Marco Materazzi was sent off after receiving a second yellow card reducing Chennaiyin to ten men.[56] In extra time, Stephen Pearson scored the decisive goal for the Blasters in the 117th minute to win the tie 4–3 on aggregate to move into the final.[57] Just before the final whistle, during the 119th minute, Chennaiyin FC midfielder Bojan Djordjic received a red card.[58][59][60]
  • Chennaiyin FC 4–1 Kerala Blasters (21 November 2015)
This was the first meeting between the two sides in the 2015 Indian Super League season.[61] The match started with an early goal by Chennaiyin in the third minute scored by Dhanachandra Singh. Chennaiyin found the net again through Stiven Mendoza in the 14th minute. Mendoza scored two more goals and completed his hat-trick, taking Chennaiyin to a 4–0 lead before Antonio German scored a relief goal for the Blasters in the 90th minute. The match finally ended 4–1 in favour of Chennaiyin.[62][63]
  • Bengaluru FC 1–2 Chennaiyin FC (17 December 2017)
This match, which took place at Kanteerava Stadium, was the first-ever Southern Derby for Bengaluru FC. Jeje Lalpekhlua put Chennaiyin in the lead in the first half, which was equalised by Sunil Chhetri. The match was destined to go to a draw before Dhanpal Ganesh scored the match winner in the 88th minute to seal the victory for Chennaiyin.[64]
  • Kerala Blasters FC 1–3 Bengaluru FC (31 December 2017)
This was the first-ever southern derby match between Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters. A handball by Sandesh Jhingan in the 60th minute allowed Bengaluru to break the deadlock after Chhetri converted the penalty into a goal. Miku sealed the victory for Bengaluru by scoring two goals in the stoppage time.[65] Pekuson got a consolation goal for the Blasters in the last minute of the stoppage time. After the final whistle, Sunil Chhetri was applauded off the pitch by the Blasters' supporters.[66][67]
  • Bengaluru FC 2–3 Chennaiyin FC (17 March 2018)
The 2017-18 Indian Super League final saw the two South Indian clubs meet in the final for the first time in the league's history. The match was held in Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru.[68] This was Bengaluru FC's first appearance in an Indian Super League final. Sunil Chhetri opened the score sheet in the ninth minute of the game. Chennaiyin levelled the match in the 17th minute with a goal by Maílson Alves. He found the net again just before the half-time during the 45th minute. During the 67th minute, Raphael Augusto scored the third goal for Chennaiyin, taking the lead to 3–1. Though Bengaluru got their second goal by Miku in the injury time, the match concluded 2–3 in favour of Chennaiyin and they clinched their second Indian Super League title.[69][70]
  • Kerala Blasters FC 3–0 Chennaiyin FC (15 February 2019)
This match became important for the Blasters because it was the first time since November 2016 that they had defeated Chennaiyin FC. Two goals on either side of half-time by Matej Poplatnik and a 70th minute strike by Sahal Abdul Samad gave Kerala Blasters a 3–0 win over bottom-placed Chennaiyin FC.[71][72]
  • Bengaluru FC 3–0 Chennaiyin FC (10 November 2019)
This was the first meeting between both sides in the 2019-20 Indian Super League.[73] An early 14th minute goal by Erik Paartalu and a 25th minute goal by the skipper, Sunil Chhetri, took Bengaluru FC into a 2–0 lead before half-time. Just before the full-time whistle, on the 84th minute, Bengaluru scored another goal through Haokip ending the match 3–0 in favour of the blues.[74][75]
  • Kerala Blasters FC 3–6 Chennaiyin FC (1 February 2020)
This match became the highest scoring Southern Derby in its history and is also one of the highest scoring games in the Indian Super League.[76] Chennaiyin's Crivellaro, Chhangte and Valskis scored a brace each while Ogbeche scored all three goals for the Blasters thus completing his hat-trick.[77]
  • Kerala Blasters FC 2–1 Bengaluru FC (15 February 2020)
This match saw the Blasters defeating Bengaluru FC for the first time in Indian Super League.[78] Deshorn Brown gave Bengaluru the lead in the 16th minute. Just before the end of the first half, Albert Serran committed a foul on Blasters' captain Bartholomew Ogbeche just outside the box and conceded a free kick. Zuiverloon laid it off for Ogbeche to blast a fierce low shot to score a goal. Ogbeche scored the winner in the 70th minute from a penalty, sealing the victory for the Blasters.[79][80][81]
  • Kerala Blasters FC 2–1 Bengaluru FC (20 January 2021)
This is considered as a game, that had one of the most dramatic ending in the history of derby. A goal by Cleiton Silva in the first half gave Bengaluru, the early lead. The Blasters equalised with the goal of Puitea in the 72nd minute. In the injury time, Paartalu's overhead kick should have given Bengaluru the lead again. But it hit on the bar, went loose and the Blasters launched the counter attack. Assisted by Hooper, Rahul KP race down to the right flank and scored the winner in the 94th minute sealing the victory for the Blasters.[82]
  • Bengaluru FC 2–0 Kerala Blasters FC (15 September 2021)
This was the first ever southern derby match to occur outside the Indian Super League. This match between Bengaluru and the Blasters happened in the group stages of the 2021 Durand Cup.[83][84] Held in Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, the Blasters' created more chances in the initial parts of the first-half, but failed to register any goals.[85] The deadlock was broken by Bengaluru's Namgyal Bhutia, when he netted a free-kick right before the half-time in the 45th minute of the game.[86] The match took a different turn in the second-half, when the Blasters side saw three red cards. Hormipam was the first one to be sent-off in the 62nd minute. Then it was Sandeep, who saw the red in the 83rd minute. Meitei was the third player, who was sent-off during the 85th minute, downing the Blasters side to 8.[87] Between these dramatic scenes, Leon Augustine scored the second goal for Bengaluru in the 71st minute, thus rising the lead for Bengaluru, and paving their way to a 2–0 victory.[88]
  • Chennaiyin FC 2–4 Bengaluru FC (30 December 2021)
This match is one of the highest scoring matches in the history of the derby. Chennaiyin took an early lead through a goal scored by Mirlan Murzaev in the 4th minute, but the score was levelled by Cleiton Silva, when he netted a penalty in the 38th minute of the game. Alan Costa's goal put Bengaluru to the lead for the first time in the match minutes before the half-time, which was met by Chennaiyin's Rahim Ali's equaliser in the 49th minute of the game. The match went goalless for the next 20 minutes until Udanta Singh broke the deadlock with a shot from right flank, and took Bengaluru to the leading position for the second time in the game, rising the score to 2–3.[89] The match was sealed for Bengaluru as Pratik Chaudhari scored the fourth goal for them four minutes after Udanta Singh found the net, thus helping Bengaluru to end their seven-match winless streak with a score of 2–4 at Tilak Maidan Stadium.[90][91]

Crossing the divides[]

Players[]

Players who have played for at least any of the two clubs are listed below

See also[]

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