Odisha FC vs East Bengal Highlights, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2-1 EBFC - Torch Bearers suffer sixth defeat despite valiant effort

Odisha FC 2 East Bengal 1 (FT)

The final whistle blows at the Kalinga Stadium. It is six defeats in a row for East Bengal in the ISL as they succumb to a 2-1 defeat. Odisha FC got the winner through Mourtada Fall in the second half, and then Provat Lakra's Red Card also didn't help the Kolkata club.

Oscar Bruzon will take some positivity for his team's showings in the first 20 minutes. Odisha get their 2nd victory of the season and move up to 7th in the table. East Bengal will now shift their focus in the AFC Challenge League which starts in Bhutan soon.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2 EBFC 1

90+3' Cleiton Silva floats the corner in which is fisted away by Amrinder Singh.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2 EBFC 1

5 minutes added as stoppage time.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2 EBFC 1

89' Amey Ranawade goes down pretending a head injury, but then immediately gets up as the referee plays advantage to Odisha FC. The shot from Diego Mauricio then blazes over the bar.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2 EBFC 1

87'Puitea comes off for Odisha and Rohit Kumar is the man who is introduced.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2 EBFC 1

Md Rakip is taken off and Sayan Banerjee comes on for East Bengal.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2 EBFC 1

81' East Bengal win a corner. The cross from the corner is cleared in the near post. From the counter, Diego Mauricio bursts forward and is just denied by Prabhsukhan Gill.

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Odisha FC Substitutions

OFF: Boumous, Krishna

OFF: Delgado, Mauricio

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: Red Card!

Red Card!! Provat Lakra sees a second yellow and is shown the marching orders. A needless, awful, stupid foul from him

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 2-1 EBFC

75' East Bengal have looked very ordinary in attack in the second half. With a quarter of an hour and added time left, they will have to find an equalizer.

East Bengal Substitutions

OFF: Talal, Maher

ON: Cleiton Silva, Yuste

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score: Goal for Odisha FC

Goaaal!! Mourtada Fall heads Odisha in front.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

Provat Lakra sees a Yellow Card after fouling Amey Ranawade.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

67'Odisha lose possession cheaply again in a dangerous position. Saul Crespo finds Nandha who takes a touch and then hits his shot over the target/

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

65' Roy Krishna and Hijazi in a duel again at the edge of the box and the East Bengal defender comes first.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

Odisha FC Substitution

OFF: Jerry

ON: Rahim Ali

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

East Bengal Substitution

OFF: Vishnu

ON: Lalchungnunga

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60'A nervy moment for East Bengal as Roy Krishna almost wriggles in for another shot. In the end, Anwar Ali and Hijazi Maher combine to stop the Fijian.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

Odisha fans are relentless and singing as their team eye to restore their lead. They have filtered in numbers since the start of the match.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

55' Nandha Kumar attempts an acrobatic effort and gets is all wrong. He swings early off-balanced and only manages to connect with his arm.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

52' Roy Krishna gets in behind the East Bengal defence again with a simple long ball. This time his attempted volley goes off target.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score, ISL 2024-25: OFC 1 EBFC 1

47'The first effort of the second half comes from Madih Talal whose shot blazes over the target.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score: OFC 1 EBFC 1

The second half starts at the Kalinga stadium.

East Bengal 1 Odisha FC 1 (HT)

The half-time whistle blows and it is parity in Bhubaneswar. A huge lifeline for East Bengal who have scored from the spot in the very last second of the first half. East Bengal fully deserve to be level with the way they played in the first 20 minutes.

Goal for East Bengal

Goaaaaaaal!! Dimitrios Diamantakos finds the net for East Bengal from the spot.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score: OFC 1 EBFC 0

East Bengal is handed a penalty after a hand ball from an Odisha player.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score: OFC 1 EBFC 0

Two minutes added at the end of first half.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score: OFC 1 EBFC 0

43' Excellent sweeping keeping by Prabhsukhan Gill to save East Bengal. The ball was thread through and the East Bengal keeper was alert to the situation.

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41'Odisha venture forward from the left-hand side. The ball comes to Puitea who slices his shot way off target.

Odisha FC vs East Bengal Live Score: OFC 1 EBFC 0

39'East Bengal launch another promising attack but it fizzles out with another wrong pass at the final third.