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Bengaluru FC piled on further misery on Odisha with a 2-1 win on Thursday. Cleiton Silva (79') scored the match-winner for Bengaluru after Steven Taylor (71') had cancelled out Sunil Chhetri (38') first-half lead for the Blues

Bengaluru FC piled on further misery on Odisha with a 2-1 win on Thursday. Cleiton Silva (79') scored the match-winner for Bengaluru after Steven Taylor (71') had cancelled out Sunil Chhetri (38') first-half lead for the Blues

Roy Krishna (85') netted the winner from a spot-kick to ensure Antonio Habas' side climbed back to the second spot on the ISL table on Wednesday.

Coach Manolo Marquez Roca did accept that they are worried about not scoring goals and need to find ways to find the target more often, going ahead in the season.

Goa secured their second successive win of the season and climbed to the fourth spot in the standings as they beat a gritty Odisha 1-0 at the GMC Stadium.

Both the teams have played twice so far, with BFC winless following consecutive stalemates, while CFC registering a victory and draw

Despite heavy odds, the Robbie Fowler-coached East Bengal put up a creditable show in their first outing of ISL, against ATK Mohun Bagan even though they lost 0-2

It's clear that we are still not ready and not in the physical condition that we should be in for a normal season, but every week we are training and every week we will get better. I am sure that the team was better

I think that we deserved the three points, but in general it was a very equal game, maybe with more chances for Hyderabad, but in general it was a game with not so many chances.

The seventh season of ISL kick-started on November 20 with ATK Mohun Bagan making a winning start after defeating Kerala Blasters.

Hyderabad conceded goals in all matches that they played in the truncated pre-season and yet, they started off their campaign on Monday with a 1-0 win over Odisha FC.

The Spaniard says the league has no favourites as every team is tough this year

Sergio Lobera noted that this edition would be the most competitive season given that all teams have assembled good sides

With the prevailing Covid-19 situation, the league will be played behind closed doors in a bio-secure bubble in Goa across three venues

Marking the return of the first major league, the the 7th season of India's premier football league kicks off with the defending champions ATK Mohun Bagan squaring off against Kerala Blasters FC

The Spaniard has a wealth of coaching experience in leagues around the world in a career spanning almost 25 years. Lobera has managed clubs in Spain, Morocco, and India.

The Harare native started his senior footballing career with the Zimbabwean side AmaZulu before jumping ship to Masvingo United. He then moved to Poland on loan in 2007 with KS Wisla Ustronianka

ISL will be the first sporting competition in the country, starting from October 20, after a phased opening of the lockdown