Indian Super League (ISL) Football match updates, predictions and discussions

[Sithara007]

Indian Super League is far better than I league. And now it is proved. We can understand it by watching the matches of East Bengal in ISL.
The match between Hyderabad vs East Bengal has just ended half time. East Bengal is leading by 1 goal. This is East Bengal's first goal in the Indian super league. They could not score any goal in the previous 4 matches.

Well.. East Bengal lost the match 2-3. During half-time they were leading by 1-0, but FC Hyderabad managed to score 3 quick goals in short time during the second half. They remain at the bottom of the points table, with no wins form 5 matches (one of the matches ended in a draw, and as a result, they have one point to their name). FC Goa will take on ATK Mohun Bagan today.

[n0ne]

FC Goa will take on ATK Mohun Bagan today.

ATK Mohun Bagan has won again today. They are now at the top of the points table with equal points to Mumbai City. The players at ATK Mohun Bagan are really great. And the team is stable. It is difficult for any team to win against them.

ATK Mohan Bagan has been performing good by the very first series. Roy Krishna is playing good on every game. This time the first two teams are in the lead with a big difference in the winning, whereas the teams in the bottom are close on the points run. So, big changes can happen in the end of the season.

[Sithara007]

Both Mumbai City FC and ATK Mohun Bagan has 13 points each from 6 matches and they are on top of the points table. After some initial setbacks, Bengaluru FC has recovered well to get to the third position with 12 points (they have won 3 of their last 4 matches, and have never lost a match in this season so far). NorthEast United is trailing as far as points are concerned. So if we talk about the front-runners, right now we have three - ATKMB, Mumbai City and BFC.

[Sithara007]

NorthEast United lost 1-0 to jamsedpur today. I don’t think this team has the ability to fight for the title. I have never seen a good game from them in this season. On the other hand, Bengaluru FC plays well every season. They were also in the top 3 in the last 3 seasons. This team will do their best to win the title. Since ATK Mohun Bagan and Mumbai City are playing well this season, they will also be fighting hard for the title. Overall, we will see a tough fight between these 3 teams.

So far this season, the performance of NorthEast United has been below par. They were overdependent on Bartholomew Ogbeche, but he has now landed with the Mumbai City   FC. And the local players are unable to plug in the gap which was left by his departure. Their squad looks very unstable as of now, as most of the key players such as Reagan Singh, Redeem Tlang, Rowllin Borges and Puitea are representing the other teams.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Most of the teams in the Indian super league depend on foreign players. The main striker of most of the teams is a foreigner. I think local players should be given more priority. Then Indian football will improve.

Only 2-3 foreign players are included in the playing XI for each team. You want to remove this option also? Most of us watch ISL, because we get to watch these players. If foreign players are not there, then hardly anyone is going to watch the ISL. India doesn't have enough talent pool, to provide local players to all the 11 ISL teams. Apart from Sunil Chhetri, is there any other international-class player among the locals?

[Vishnu.Reang]

Only 2-3 foreign players, but you will see that each team depends on these 2-3 foreign players. Reducing this dependence would be good for Indian national football. If the league title is won by foreign players, then the Indian national team will never be able to participate in the World Cup. I agree with you on that point, we see ISL only for foreign players.

These foreign players are there in the teams for multiple reasons. One of the aims is to mentor young local players and from what I can see a number of local players have benefited from playing alongside these international stars. The quality of football is very low in India and hopefully within the next few years there will be enough young local players to improve the standards.

[bryant.coleman]

Now we have clear leaders for this edition of the IPL. Both Mumbai City FC and ATK Mohun Bagan are having 16 points from 7 matches each. The third placed Bengaluru FC is far behind with just 12 points from 7 matches. Although the initial phase is going on, it looks to me that either of these two teams are going to win the trophy this time. ATK Mohun Bagan in particular looks to be in excellent form.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Now we have clear leaders for this edition of the IPL. Both Mumbai City FC and ATK Mohun Bagan are having 16 points from 7 matches each. The third placed Bengaluru FC is far behind with just 12 points from 7 matches. Although the initial phase is going on, it looks to me that either of these two teams are going to win the trophy this time. ATK Mohun Bagan in particular looks to be in excellent form.

There are still many matches left in the season. Who will win the title is decided now though it is decided very early. However, considering the performances of all the teams, it is understood that ATK Mohun Bagan and Mumbai city will be ahead in the title fight till the end of the season. Bengaluru FC is playing well. I hope in the third position we will see Goa at the end of the season. The team has not been able to organize itself properly so far.

[Sithara007]

There are still many matches left in the season. Who will win the title is decided now though it is decided very early. However, considering the performances of all the teams, it is understood that ATK Mohun Bagan and Mumbai city will be ahead in the title fight till the end of the season. Bengaluru FC is playing well. I hope in the third position we will see Goa at the end of the season. The team has not been able to organize itself properly so far.

This season looks like very lopsided. Teams such as ATK Mohun Bagan have performed really well, while some of the other teams look completely out of sorts. I am not just talking about teams such as East Bengal (2 points from 6 matches), but also about teams such as the Northeast United FC and FC Goa. During the last season, NEUFC and FCG were among the contenders for winning the trophy. This time their performance has been so pathetic, that they can hardly compete against teams such as Mumbai City and ATKMB.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Today we have the match between two of the weaker sides - Kerala Blasters FC, and Hyderabad FC. Kerala Blasters have failed to live up to the hype for the past few seasons. They are one of the ISL teams with the largest fan base, but their performance on the field has antagonized their fans. Kerala is one of the few regions in India where the popularity of football is very high (along with Northeast and Goa).

[bryant.coleman]

I believe Kerala Blasters will win today's match. They don’t disappoint their spectators today. Although looking at the points table we can see, Hyderabad is above Kerala. The match will be held shortly, I will not bet on this match. But I think Kerala will win today.

Did you made a bet for today's match. It seems like today is your lucky day, as Kerala Blasters FC defeated Hyderabad FC 2-0. Jordan Murray and Abdul Hakku scored the goals for Kerala. However, Blasters haven't made much progress as far as points are considered. They are at 9 points from 8 matches, while Hyderabad also have the same number of points from the same number of matches.

[Iranus]

Jamshedpur reached the third position of the points table with the victory in today's match. I saw the highlights of the game. Both teams played well. Jamshedpur is lucky so they have won. The players of Bangaluru FC made many good attacks, but they did not succeed

[rodrigobitcoin]

Mumbai City started the tournament poorly, but managed to assert themselves in the last few games. Against the Blasters I don't think they'll have much trouble winning, while against Bengaluru they'll have to try not to get beaten since they've been playing pretty well lately too, despite the last two results.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Jamshedpur reached the third position of the points table with the victory in today's match. I saw the highlights of the game. Both teams played well. Jamshedpur is lucky so they have won. The players of Bangaluru FC made many good attacks, but they did not succeed

Jamshedpur FC scored 13 points in 9 matches, now they are in the third position in the points table. On the other hand, Mumbai City and Mohun Bagan,  have played 7 matches each and scored 16 points. Although there are still many matches left in the season, it is expected that no one will be able to beat Mumbai and Mohun Bagan this season. Goa played well in the previous season. I thought they might be in the top 3 positions. But they are far behind.

[Sithara007]

Jamshedpur reached the third position of the points table with the victory in today's match. I saw the highlights of the game. Both teams played well. Jamshedpur is lucky so they have won. The players of Bangaluru FC made many good attacks, but they did not succeed

That is a surprise. They have managed to get to the third position, despite winning only 3 out of their 9 matches. Bengaluru FC is at the 4th position, and this season was very disappointing for their fans. They have only 12 points from 8 matches and they have lost two consecutive matches now. NEUFC is another disappointing side this season. They haven't managed any wins during their last 4 matches. Mumbai City and ATK Mohun Bagan are on top, far ahead of the remaining teams.

[risatrakib]

The Mariners will be looking to go three points clear atop while Chennaiyin hunt for their third win of the season.Chennaiyin have a six point gap to close towards the top of the table when they take on ATK Mohun Bagan.

[Vishnu.Reang]

The Mariners will be looking to go three points clear atop while Chennaiyin hunt for their third win of the season.Chennaiyin have a six point gap to close towards the top of the table when they take on ATK Mohun Bagan.

LOL... do you really believe that Chennaiyin has a chance against ATK Mohun Bagan? The latter have lost only one out of their 7 matches, and has been in top form this season. For me, the outcome is very predictable. Only the winning margin is in question here. There has been a slight improvement in Chennaiyin's performance this season, but that is not enough to defeat ATK Mohun Bagan.

[bryant.coleman]

The match of Mumbai City vs Kerala Blasters will be held today. I am betting on Mumbai City today. Hopefully, I won't lose money.

I checked the odds, and most of the gambling sites have Mumbai City FC at 1.57-1.65 range. On the other hand, Kerala Blasters are at 4.80-5.20. I would have gone ahead and made a bet in favor of Mumbai City, but Kerala Blasters won their last match (against Hyderabad FC). I am not feeling 100% confident as a result of this, and for now I am going to skip this match.

[KennyR]

Kerala is one among the strong team that has got good players. This time few teams performance weren't that good. Though the matches were going close there is big difference between the team at the top and the last one on the table. Chennai team is also one amongst with underrated performance. Kerala Blasters were fighting hard with higher percentage of ball possession, but lacks with the goals.

[Sithara007]

Kerala is one among the strong team that has got good players. This time few teams performance weren't that good. Though the matches were going close there is big difference between the team at the top and the last one on the table. Chennai team is also one amongst with underrated performance. Kerala Blasters were fighting hard with higher percentage of ball possession, but lacks with the goals.

On paper Kerala Blasters is one of the strongest teams playing in the ISL. But season after season, they have underperformed and disappointed their fans. A couple of years back, the fans even decided to boycott their matches after getting fed up with the repeated poor performance. They have some serious issues and that may be related to team bonding or management. And unless they sort it out, don't expect much from them in the ISL.