East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan SG Highlights: EBFC 1-3 MBSG, ISL 2023-24; Cummings, Liston & Petratos first-half goals help MBSG win the kolkata derby

The attacking might potrayed by Mohun Bagan was enough for it to win three points as despite East Bengal’s efforts in the second half to chase the big lead, the Mariners win the Kolkata derby. 

Vishnu goes down in the box but is given a yellow card for diving inside the box.

Mohun Bagan breaks into a counter with an empty backline as Thapa had green space in front of him through on goal but the he plays it to Petratos who was off-side. Chance squandered by Mohun Bagan. 

Hijazi loses the ball in front of goal to Sadiku who dribbles past him and tries to cut it to Petratos but the ball is intercepted. 

Felicio comes in for scorer Saul Crespo. 

Sadiku plays a low driven cross from the right but the ball is cleared out for a corner. 

A big chance for EBFC as it wins a free-kick from a dangerous position but Cleiton fires it straight to the keeper. 

Vishnu was through on goal as Crespo dinks it in the middle of the park but he loses possession. 

Nandha dribbles into the box from the left beating two players but his sly pass to Hijazi ahead is intercepted. 

Cleiton passes it ahead to Souvik who plays it to Nandha on the left, who cuts in and plays a pass which is intercepted. 

Thapa and Rai come in for Cummings and Liston as MBSG tries to revamp its attack. 

Cleiton takes a shot from distance but is wide off of the target. 

Cleiton Silva heads the ball from five yards out with power off of a cross from the left but Kaith makes a world-class save to keep the lead intact. 

Hijazi attempts an overhead kick off of a ENFC cornner bus misses the ball and has an awkward fall inside the box. 

Petratos given a yellow card for a tug on the shirt on Mahesh. Sayan of ENFC too gets a yellow for provoking a fight. 

East Bengal tries to find a chance from the middle but Mohun Bagan has crowded its box leaving no room for EBFC.

Cleiton Silva crosses it from behind to Saul Crespo’s run inside the box as he collects it on his chest and volleys it into the net. 

Yellow card to Mahesh for a completely mis-timed hard tackle on Petratos. 

East Bengal comes close to scoring with Crespo inches away from making contact with the ball and tapping it in inside the box off of a corner. 

Cummings went down inside the box but the ref says no penalty. Moments later, he fires a shot from the edge of the box but is saved by a diving Gill. 

Mohun Bagan resumes the game with a mammoth lead over its derby rival. 

Mohun Bagan has dominate all around the pitch and deserves the mighty lead at halftime. Cleiton missed a big pen in the early minutes of the match and since then, MBSG has been piling on attacks from left, right and centre. Cummings, Liston and Petratos feature on the scoresheet. 

Petratos scores from the spot with a powerful shot down the middle. 

Nandha brings down Liston inside the box off of the ball and he wins a penalty for his side. 

Chungnunga goes down as he hurts his ankle while controlling the ball. He is out for now. 

Manvir sprints down the right flank and passes it hard in the middle as Petratos leaves it behind for Kauko who’s first-timed finish goes way over the goalpost. 

Petratos takes a shot from the right aiming the near post as the ball beats the keeper but strikes the post as the ball and comes right back to him. Petratos passes it to an unmarked Liston on the far post with a first touch as he simply taps it in. 

East Bengal breaks into the counter as Ajay Chhetri finds himself holding the ball alone inside the box but Sahal steals the ball off of the youngster with ease. 

Mohun Bagan is on the prowl for another goal as it is awarded three corner kicks in a row but the set-pieces don’t amount to anything. 

Petratos takes a shot from the edge of the box across goal which is saved by the keeper but Cummings strikes the ball on the rebound from ten yards out and brings Mohun Bagan ahead. 

Chungnunga gets a through in the final third of MBSG’s half on the right flanks as he tries to cut in, but makes a heavy touch as the ball runs out for a goalkick. 

Cummings sprints on the left wing and crosses it for Cummings as he has done multiple times in the match already. Cummings heads it back in the middle of the box instead of going for goal and fails to find a teammate. 

Mohun Bagan is dominatiing possession and is mainting a high press when it loses the ball. Anwar takes a shot from distance but the ball is deflected and slowed down by his own teammate Cummings inside the box. 

Mohun Bagan build a slow-paced attack from the middle but a loose pass from Sahal gives the ball away to EBFC. 

Yellow card to Ajay Chhetri for a late challenge on Manvir Singh. 

Cleiton steps up to take it, tries to place it on the right but the keeper saves it!

Kaith comes out of his line to punch the ball away but Cleiton reaches it before and is knocked down by the keeper inside the box. Yellow card awarded. 

Mohun Bagan attempts to play a quick one-two on the right wing but Cummings pass to Manvir on the flank goes out of bounds. 

Kauko plays a string ball into the box for Bagan’s Sahal but he fails to make a pass or go for goal and loses the ball. 

Petratos slots another cross in for an unmarked Cummings from the left, but his header lacked quality and is off-target.

Saul Crespo dribbles into the but holds onto the ball for too long and loses possession. 

Abhishek plays it through the backline of EBFC for Sahal who was through on goal but is called offside. 

Petratos crosses it in from the free kick as Anwar heads it back into the middle of box from the far post for Yuste, who attempts an header himself, but the ball strikes the cross-bar!

Mohun Bagan breaks into a counter as Liston pushes ahead down the left wing alone and is brought down. MBSG wins a free-kick from a dangerous position. 

East Bengal kicks the Kolkata Derby off!

Gill, Lalchungnunga, Pantic, Hijazi, Kumar, Souvik, Ajay Chhetri, Mahesh, Crespo, Cleiton Silva, Nandhakumar

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W W W D W

Vishal Kaith; Anwar Ali, Hector Yuste, Subhasish Bose; Anirudh Thapa, Jonny Kauko, Manvir Singh, Abhishek Suryavanshi, Sahal Abdul Samad; Armando Sadiku, Dimitri Petratos

Prabhsukhan Gill; Lalchungnunga, Hijazi Maher, Mandar Rao Dessai, Nishu Kumar; Souvik Chakrabarti, Victor Vazquez; Saul Crespo, Naorem Mahesh, Nandha Kumar; Cleiton Silva

The East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan SG ISL 2023-24 match will be live telecasted on the Sports18 1 Channel (TV). The game can also be live streamed on the JioCinema app and website (online).

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Kolkata derby: East Bengal faces Mohun Bagan SG in bid for first-ever play-off spot in ISL 2023-24

The Kolkata Derby returns to the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 with Mohun Bagan Super Giant and East Bengal FC locking horns at the Salt Lake Stadium on March 10, Sunday, at 8:30 pm IST.

This is Karthik Mudaliar taking you through the pre-match buildup and live updates from the Kokata Derby!