Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal Highlights, ISL 2024-25: Early Maclaren Goal Puts Mariners Eight Points Clear At Top

💯The Indian Super League match will kick off at 7:30pm IST, and can be live streamed on the Jio Cinema app and website in India. It will be live telecast on the Sports18 network in India.

𒈔Mohun Bagan and East Bengal have faced off nine times in Indian Super League history, and Mohun Bagan have won eight of those matches, with one game resulting in a draw.

🅠Here is how the two teams line up, ahead of kick-off in Guwahati:

♐Play begins. Mohun Bagan attacking from left to right, and East Bengal from right to left in the first half.

🐻Jamie MacLaren scores in the second minute! Mohun Bagan are off to another flying start. Assisted by Asish Rai, Maclaren slots it in from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. This is the fastest goal in Kolkata Derby history.

꧅Manvir Singh had a golden opportunity to double Mohun Bagan's lead, but is unable to make the most of it. An inch-perfect assist by Maclaren gives Manvir some breathing space inside the box, but his shot on goal is alertly collected by East Bengal goalie Gill. Still 1-0 in favour of the Mariners in the first half.

🏅Things get heated up as Souvik and MacLaren almost come to blows after fighting for the ball in the midfield. The referee tries to calm things down, and play eventually resumes after a brief hold-up.

🍬A huge handball-penalty appeal from East Bengal is refuted, perhaps unfairly as pointed out by on-air commentators, as the first half comes to an eventful end. The ball appeared to hit Apuia’s arm at the edge of the box at the stroke of half time but the referee stays put, and we go into the interval with the scoreline reading 1-0 in favour of the Mariners.

East Bengal attacking from left to right and Mohun Bagan from right to left in the second half, which begins in an eventful manner. Nishu Kumar of the Red and Gold Brigade is shown the yellow card for a foul on Liston Colaco in the 50th minute.

ܫListon Colaco comes up with an enterprising run upon counter attack, and he is brought down by East Bengal's Souvik. The midfielder receives his second yellow card for the challenge, and he thus has to walk out. The Red and Gold Brigade now a man down, apart from being a goal down with over 20 minutes of play still to come.

ﷺAnd that's the final whistle. The scoreline stays at 1-0 in favour of Bagan, who have now won nine of the 10 Kolkata Derby encounters played in ISL. They go eight points clear at the top of the Indian Super League 2024-25 standings with the win.