Durand Cup 2024: A full strength Mohun Bagan SG overwhelms Indian Air Force 6-0

The big win helped Mohun Bagan reach the top of the Group A standings while overtaking traditional rival Emami East Bengal.

Greg Stewart combined well with Jason Cummings to score for Mohun Bagan Super Giant against Indian Air Force during a Durand Cup 2024 group stage match. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri/The Hindu

Mohun Bagan Super Giant overwhelmed the Indian Air Force team by half a dozen goals in its second outing of the 133rd Durand Cup, at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Thursday.

The big win helped Mohun Bagan reach the top of the Group A standings while overtaking traditional rival Emami East Bengal.

The two teams remained tied on six points with two wins each but Mohun Bagan had a better goal average to claim the top spot ahead of the Derby clash (on August 18), which will decide the final group positions and the candidate for the quarterfinals.

Australian forward Jason Cummings scored a brace, while Anirudh Thapa, Liston Colaco and the two Scotsmen in the team, Thomas Aldred and Greg Stewart, scored one apiece to complete the scoring process for Mohun Bagan SG.

This was the first time in the new season where Mohun Bagan SG fielded a major part of its first team under its Spanish head coach Jose Molina.

Former ISL shield winner FC Goa played with 10 men to down Nepal’s Tribhuvan Army FC 2-1 in a Group F match at Shillong. The win put FC Goa on top of the group table with six points.

The result:

Mohun Bagan SG 6 (Jason Cummings 4, 76, Tom Aldred 10, Liston Colaco 38, Anirudh Thapa 65, Greg Stewart 90+1) bt Indian Air Force FT 0.

Group F (Shillong): FC Goa 2 (Lalthangliana 1, Sitroy Carvalho 50) bt Tribhuvan Army FC 1 (Basant Jimba 66).