Bengaluru: Bartholomew Ogbeche ended his seven-game objective drought as Hyderabad FC eased previous Bengaluru FC with a 3-0 win to climb to sop spot within the Indian Tremendous League (ISL) on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium right here on Friday.
The striker broke the impasse from a cleverly-worked free-kick earlier than forcing an own-goal out of Sandesh Jhingan on the stroke of half-time. Joel Chianese got here off the bench to wrap the sport up within the ninetieth minute.
Hyderabad have 25 factors from 11 matches, whereas the second-placed Mumbai Metropolis FC (24 factors) have a recreation in hand.
The hosts fielded an unchanged XI, whereas the guests made 4 adjustments to the aspect that beat East Bengal FC final week.
Nim Dorjee changed Chinglensana Singh on the coronary heart of defence, whereas Joao Victor was changed by Borja Herrera. Rohit Danu changed Mohammad Yasir on the best flank as Javier Siverio got here in for Joel Chianese, who dropped to the bench.
There have been a few probabilities, one coming at every finish, contained in the opening 10 minutes. Roshan Naorem performed a intelligent one-two with Javi Hernandez from the left flank earlier than his low cross was blocked by Nikhil Poojary. On the different finish, Siverio sprinted with the ball down the left flank earlier than Suresh Wangjam stopped the striker with a good problem.
The opening objective got here when Halicharan Narzary, Herrera, and Ogbeche executed a well-crafted free-kick close to the sting of the field that noticed Ogbeche smash a low shot previous Gurpreet Singh Sandhu within the twenty sixth minute.
A minute earlier than the break, Hyderabad FC doubled their lead. Narzary whipped in a cross from the left earlier than Ogbeche headed it into the grass. The ball was heading off-target earlier than Jhingan’s scuffed clearance sliced it into the again of his personal web.
Substitutes mixed to place the sport to mattress as Abdul Anjukandan’s low cross from the best was side-footed into the far put up by Chianese within the remaining minute of the sport because the Blues fell to their seventh defeat of the season.
The loss retains them in eighth place, 9 factors off the final play-off spot.