| Indian Super League |
MATCH INFO
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MATCH :
| East Bengal
V/s Chennaiyin
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COMPETITION : | Round 20
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| DATE: | 08-02-2025
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TIME:
| 7:30 PM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
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| East Bengal | Lineup |
Possible XI: Prabhsukhan Gill (GK), Nishu Kumar, Hector Yuste, Lalchungunga, Nandha Kumar Sekar, Mahesh Singh Naorem, Souvik Chakrabarti, Richard Celis, David Lalhlansanga, PV Vishnu, Dimitri Diamantakos |
| Chennaiyin | Lineup |
Possible XI: Mohammad Nawaz (GK), PC Laldinpuia, Ryan Edwards, Pritam Kotal, Laldinliana Renthlei, Farukh Choudhary, Lalrinliana Hnamte, Connor Shields, Lukas Brambilla, Irfan Yadwad, Wilmar Jordan |
Preview: East Bengal Vs
Chennaiyin
East Bengal: The Kolkata giants are currently placed tenth in the league table with 18 points from 18 games. After a lacklustre start to the season under their former coach, Carles Cuadrat, Oscar Bruzon came in midway and helped the team register their first win of the season.
To date, in the ongoing season, the Red and Golds have won five games, all of which came under Bruzon’s tactical acumen. With a win percentage of 36%, the Spanish gaffer is all set to field his team against the low-lying Marina Machans and clinch their sixth win of the season on their home soil.
Chennaiyin: The former Indian Super League champions currently sit at the eleventh spot in the table, just a place below their counterparts for Saturday’s tie. The Marina Machans have acquired a similar number of points to that of East Bengal, but it also took them a game more, which is the reason why they have been placed below.
Since the 2023-24 season, this has been Owen Coyle’s most deplorable season so far, as the latter has only been able to register a win percentage of 21% with his team. Nevertheless, they should be eyeing to settle for at least a stalemate with the Red and Gold Brigade and share the spoils as they did on most occasions going down the timeline.
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About Indian Super League:
History
The Indian Super League (ISL) is the highest level of the men's Indian football league system. Administered by the AIFF and its commercial partner FSDL, the league is currently contested by 13 clubs.
The season runs from September to March and includes a 24-round regular season followed by playoffs involving the top six teams, culminating with the ISL Final to determine the ISL Cup winners. At the end of the regular season, the team with the most points is declared the ISL champions and presented with the League Winners' Shield. Until 2021–22 season, the ISL Cup winners were designated as champions but later from 2022–23 season, the champions design was given to table toppers instead of playoff champions.
Currently, the league only follows promotion in the promotion and registration processes. ISL clubs qualify for the Asian continental club competitions; League Shield winners qualify directly for the next season's AFC Champions League Two group stage.
The competition was founded on 21 October 2013 to grow the sport of football in India and increase its exposure in the country. Play began in October 2014 with eight teams. During its first three seasons, the competition operated without official recognition from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the governing body for the sport in Asia. It was structured along the same lines as the Indian Premier League, the country's premier Twenty20 franchise-based cricket competition. Each season lasted just three months, from October to December, and matches were held daily. However, before the 2017-18 season, the league expanded to ten teams, expanded its schedule to six months, and earned recognition from the AFC. Two of India's most historic clubs - Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, also joined the ISL. With ATK disbanding, the 2020–21 season had 11 clubs competing.
The ISL attained the sole top-tier league status from the 2022–23 season with the I-League demoted to the second tier. The 2023–24 season saw a promoted team from the I-League participating in the ISL for the first time ever. Punjab FC, as the 2022–23 I-League champions, became the 12th team in the league. The following year, Mohammedan SC joined the league as the 13th club as champions of the I-League.
Since the league's inaugural season, six clubs have won the ISL Cup title: ATK (3), Chennaiyin (2), Mumbai City (2), Bengaluru (1), Hyderabad (1) and Mohun Bagan (1).
Since the introduction of the League Winners' Shield in the 2019–20 season, Mumbai City has won it twice, while FC Goa, Jamshedpur FC and Mohun Bagan have won it one time each.
