ISL: Hyderabad FC v Bengaluru FC, Highlights: Ogbeche steals show as HFC win in Chhetri’s 100th BFC appearance

Both
clubs
headed
into
this
match
undefeated
with
four
points
on
board
after
two
matches.
The
two
sides
were
quite
solid
at
the
back
in
the
first-half
with
neither
goalkeeper
needing
to
make
any
saves.
The
two
best
chances
of
the
half
fell
to
Hyderabad
FC’s
Javier
Siverio.

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The
second
one
was
the
easier
one
–
Mohammad
Yasir
found
Siviero
lukring
in
front
of
the
Bengaluru
FC
goal,
and
put
in
a
perfectly
weighted
pass
with
his
left
foot,
but
the
striker
couldn’t
get
the
right
contact
with
his
head
and
glanced
his
header
wide.

Hyderabad
FC
found
some
space
on
the
wings
in
the
first
couple
of
minutes
but
weren’t
able
to
find
the
right
cross.
Ogbeche,
who
was
the
league’s
top
goalscorer
last
season,
was
kept
quiet
by
Bengaluru
FC’s
five-man
backline.
Alan
Costa,
in
particular,
was
impressive
from
his
right
centre-back
position
for
Bengaluru
FC.

Bengaluru
FC
captain
Sunil
Chettri,
who
was
making
his
100th
appearance
for
the
club
–
and
became
the
first
player
to
achieve
this
for
a
single
ISL
club
–
showed
his
composure
and
quality
every
time
he
got
on
the
ball,
but
Hyderabad
FC
did
a
good
of
making
sure
he
wasn’t
being
supplied
with
the
ball
regularly.
Jayesh
Rane
started
his
first
game
of
the
season
for
Bengaluru
FC,
but
they
faced
the
same
ball
retention
issues
again.

Hyderabad
FC
started
the
second
half
with
more
urgency.
Ogbeche
took
a
shot
from
range
in
the
55th
minute
and
Halicharan
Narzary
came
close
three
minutes
later
but
the
shots
were
wide.
Javier
Hernandez
–
filling
in
for
Roy
Krishna
–
also
took
a
shot
from
range
in
between
that
period,
and
tested
Laxmikant
Kattimani
for
the
first
time.

Javier
Siverio
had
another
great
headed
opportunity
in
the
63rd
minute
but
Gurpreet
Sandhu
was
at
the
right
place
to
deny
him.

Both
teams
made
some
attacking
changes
with
75
minutes
gone.
Leon
Augustine
had
come
on
for
Siva
in
the
64th
minute,
this
was
followed
by
double
substitutions
from
both
sides
10
minutes
later.

The
deadlock
was
finally
broken
in
the
83rd
minute
by
Ogbeche,
giving
Hyderabad
FC
a
1-0
lead.
Borja
Herrera’s
corner
was
tamely
pushed
by
Gurpreet
Sandhu
into
the
path
of
Ogbeche,
who
headed
home
his
second
goal
of
the
campaign.
That
was
enough
for
Hyderabad
FC
to
get
all
three
points.
They
now
sit
on
seven
points,
with
Bengaluru
FC
on
four.

Hyderabad
FC
will
be
hosting
FC
Goa
next
on
October
29th,
in
matchweek
4,
whereas
Bengaluru
FC
will
be
heading
to
the
Kalinga
Stadium
in
Bhubaneswar
to
face
Odisha
FC
on
October
27th.

Source:
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