East Bengal FC defeated Chennaiyin FC 1-0 in Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. The win kept East Bengal FC’s play-off hopes alive.
Nandhakumar Sekar scored the all-important goal in 65′. Nandhakumar Sekar was also adjudged Key Performer of the Match.
East Bengal FC climbed to eight place with 18 points from 16 matches while Chennaiyin FC dropped to eleventh place with 15 points.
Next East Bengal FC will face Odisha FC on February 29 while Chennaiyin FC will face the same opoonent on March 03.
East Bengal FC: Prabhsukhan Gill, Md Rakip, Mandar Rao Dessai, Hijazi Maher, Nishu Kumar, Shouvik Chakrabarti, Saul Crespo, Nandha Kumar, Victor Vazquez, Sayan Banerjee, Cleiton Silva
Chennaiyin FC: Debjit Majumder, Ankit Mukherjee, Ryan Edwards, Lazar Cirkovic, Aakash Sangwan, Connor Shields, Ayush Adhikari, N Meetei, Rafa Crivellaro, Farukh Choudhary, Anwar Ali
Picture Courtesy: ISL Media