The 2024-25 season of the Indian Super League is in full swing, and with games coming thick and fast, this is a convenient place to catch up on every match. We'll have a report after every match, right up to the rest day signalling the end of the matchweek.
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The report on all matches from matchweek 20 is here.
Here are the details for matchweek 21 of ISL 2024-25 with the latest match report coming first:
Mohammedan SC 1-3 East Bengal
(Franca 68' - Naorem Mahesh Singh 27', Saul Crespo 65', David Lalhlansang 89')
East Bengal kept the faintest of hopes of making the top six alive, as they beat Mohammedan SC 3-1 at the Salt Lake Stadium in the final Kolkata Derby of the season, as Oscar Bruzon's men made light work of the league's bottom team.
They took the lead in the first half thanks to a rare goal this season for Naorem Mahesh Singh. After half-time, Saul Crespo doubled East Bengal's lead, before Franca scored for Mohammedan SC to give them a glimmer of hope. But that was soon snuffed out by David Lalhlansanga, who scored just before the final whistle to make sure of the points for East Bengal.
East Bengal have 21 points in 20 games now, and can only make the playoffs if they win all their remaining games, and have a slew of other results go their way.
Kerala Blasters 0-3 Mohun Bagan
(Jamie Maclaren 28', 40', Alberto Rodriguez 66')
Jamie Maclaren's brace put Mohun Bagan just a win away from retaining the league shield crown, after a dominant display in Kochi gave Jose Molina's side a 3-0 win over the Kerala Blasters.
Maclaren gave Bagan the lead after a superb assist from Liston Colaco in the 28th minute, and then went on to double the lead before half-time, as Bagan did what they have done all season - being clinical and efficient with the chances that they had. Alberto Rodriguez scored a customary goal off a set-piece in the second half.
The result left Bagan on 49 points in 21 games. The most FC Goa in second place can achieve is 51 points, which means that one more winwill be enough for Bagan to seal the league shield.
Chennaiyin FC 2-1 Punjab FC
(Wilmar Jordan Gil 19', Daniel Chima Chukwu 84' - Luka Majcen 48')
Chennaiyin FC's faint playoff hopes remained alive thanks to a 2-1 win over Punjab FC in Chennai on Saturday evening, as the visitors' playoff hopes took a hit too.
Wilmar Jordan gave Chenaniyin the lead from the penalty spot, but they were pegged back immediately after half-time by Luka Majcen, whose superb season now has another goal added to it.
Eventually though, it was the much-maligned Daniel Chima Chukwu who had the last say with the winner, after a nice through ball from Lukas Brambilla.
Chennaiyin are now still in 10th, with 24 points from 21 games, and need a host of results to go their way, along with winning their remaining three games to be able to make the playoffs.
Odisha FC 3-1 Hyderabad FC
(Mourtada Fall 47', Hugo Boumous 49', Rahim Ali 70' - Stefan Sapic 31')
Odisha kept their playoff hopes alive with a 3-1 comeback win over Hyderabad FC, courtesy three second-half goals. The result took Odisha within two points of Mumbai in the final playoff spot, while Hyderabad were eliminated from playoff contention and remained second-from-bottom in the table.
Hyderabad FC opened the scoring in the 31st minute after some poor defending from Odisha. After failing to clear the ball from a corner, the hosts had to deal with a recycled cross into the box, and Stefan Sapic rose high to head it back across goal, with Mohammed Rafi heading it back into danger, allowing Sapic to stab home from close range, ensuring Hyderabad went into the break with the lead.
Odisha scored twice early in the second half to turn the game around. First, Mortada Fall was found by Hugo Boumous at the far post following a corner, and the defender made no mistake with a header into the top corner. Minutes later, Sapic played a poor pass out the back and Odisha won the ball back high up the pitch. Boumous drove into the box and saw his low drive deflect off Alex Saji's foot and trickle into the bottom corner. The hosts made sure of the points in the 70th minute, when Rahim Ali ran onto a long ball and finished from a narrow angle to make it 3-1. Odisha saw out the rest of the half to collect all three points.
Jamshedpur FC 0-2 NorthEast United FC
(Alaeddine Ajaraie 6', 82')
NorthEast United climbed to fourth place, two points behind Jamshedpur in the ISL table with a 2-0 win away from home, courtesy a brace from record-breaker Alaeddine Ajaraie.
It didn't take long for NorthEast to open the scoring, with Ajaraie finding the net in the 6th minute. As Jamshedpur pushed up, Redeem Tlang sent a long ball forward that fell perfectly for Thoi Singh in space down the right wing, and he measured a perfect low cross for Ajaraie to tap home. With his 19th goal and 24th goal contribution of the season, the Moroccan had thus broken Bart Ogbeche's single season scoring record and Ferran 'Coro' Corominas's record of goal contributions.
The second half saw Ajaraie and Nestor Albiach go close, with Jamshedpur offering litte going forward. As the game neared the final ten minutes, Nikhil Barla's late sliding tackle on Thoi Singh resulted in a penalty. Ajaraie stepped up and while Albino Gomes saved his strike down the middle, he couldn't keep out the rebound from the Moroccan, who extended his record to 20 goals and 25 goal contributions for the season, while also wrapping up all three points for NorthEast.
Mumbai City FC 1-3 FC Goa
(Lallianzuala Chhangte (P) 90+7' - Iker Guarrotxena 24' 41', Borja Herrera 63')
FC Goa ended Mumbai City's 13-match unbeaten run in the ISL with a superlative 3-0 win, courtesy a first-half brace from Iker Guarrotxena. The result dragged Goa back to within 7 points of Mohun Bagan at the top in second place, while Mumbai remained fifth in the table with 31 points, two above NorthEast in the final playoff spot.
Vikram Partap Singh and Borja Herrera forced saves at either end in the first twenty minutes, but it was Iker Guarrotxena who broke the deadlock in the 24th minute. Cutting inside from the left wing, the Spaniard evaded a multitude of tackles from Mumbai's players, before taking his time and caressing the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
Udanta Singh had been Goa's major threat down the right wing all game, and he created the second goal for the visitors a few minutes before the break. The Indian winger exchanged a 1-2 with Borja and found space down the right, before sending in a pitch-perfect cross to Guarrotxena, who made no mistake with a volleyed finish into the net, to ensure Goa led 2-0 at the break.
Mumbai threatened a bit at the start of the second half, but were undone by Phurba Lachenpa's erroneous pass out from the back, which saw Udanta send in another of his whipped crosses into the box. Mehtab Singh could only head the ball back into the box, and Borja was first to the rebound, toe-poking it under Lachenpa at the near post and making it 3-0 in the 63rd minute. Goa saw out most of the second half, right until Hrithik Tiwari conceded a penalty in injury time and Lallianzuala Chhangte scored the consolation from the spot.