GOA: FC Goa defeated Chennaiyin FC by at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25, on Saturday, January 26, 2025.

The Gaurs are placed second in the table with 33 points after this win, cutting the gap with the top-positioned Mohun Bagan Super Giant (37) to four points.

The loss also extended Chennaiyin FC’s winless run to six games, having last tasted a victory in the ISL during their 1-0 win against Hyderabad FC on December 11.

Iker Guarrotxena got FC Goa ahead in the game with his sharp awareness inside the six-yard box. Following a corner, Boris Singh received the ball on the right flank.

Boris curled in a cross that was mishandled by Chennaiyin FC goalkeeper Mohammed Nawaz. Brison Fernandes lapped upon the chance but his shot ricocheted off the woodwork, and Guarrotxena picked up the loose ball and hammered it into the high centre of the goal in the 11th minute.

Key Performer of the Match Akash Sangwan got the better of Nawaz in the 26th minute, this time, from an even more difficult angle. The gameplay seemed straight out of the training ground of the Gaurs, as Guarrotxena enabled them to build pressure on the Chennaiyin FC defence.

Abruptly, he broke that passage of play by making a backward pass to Carl McHugh. Unmarked, McHugh played a lobbed ball over the Chennaiyin FC backline for Sangwan, who took a deft touch before castling the ball into the bottom left corner by beating Nawaz on the near post.

FC Goa will play Jamshedpur FC in their next match on February 2, and Chennaiyin FC are set to square off against Kerala Blasters FC on January 30.

(Courtesy: ISL Media Team)