I League 2: SC Bengaluru, FC Bengaluru United suffer identical defeats

Bengaluru: Both SC Bengaluru and FC Bengaluru United slumped to identical 0-1 defeats in their respective I-League 2 matches played at different venues on Monday.

SCB, playing hosts to Assam side Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC at Dravid-Padukone CoE here, failed to grab multiple openings after going down early to a goal by Kevisanyu Peseyie (9th minute).

The Karbi Anglong forward utilised the space on offer during a counter-attack while goalkeeper could do little to stop the powerful strike.

Mohanraj Nallappan-coached Bengaluru United, on the other hand, travelled to the national capital to go down to Sudeva Delhi FC following a second-half goal by Harmanpreet Singh (51st) at the Sudeva Residential Academy.

This was the second defeat of the season for FCBU, who remained third with eight points in five matches, and are ahead on goal difference to Karbi Anglong. 

M Govindaraju-coached SCB (5 points from 5), on the other hand, suffered consecutive defeats and have slumped to seventh spot on the table and are a point above bottom-placed NEROCA FC.

SCB will travel to Delhi for their next match against Sudeva on May 3 while FCBU will host table-toppers Delhi FC on the same day.

Earlier on Sunday, Himanshu Jangra hat-trick helped Delhi FC (13 points from 5) consolidated their position with a 6-1 thrashing of Mumbai's MY-GMSC at Minerva Academy in Mohali. Himanshu also leads the top-scorer chart with nine goals.

Bottom-placed NEROCA lost to Kolkata's United SC 0-1 following a first-half goal by Sumay Shome (22nd) in Kalyani. 

Results: SC Bengaluru: 0 lt to Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC: 1 (Kevisanyu Peseyie 9th); Sudeva Delhi FC: 1 (Harmanpreet Singh 51st) bt FC Bengaluru United: 0.

On Sunday: Delhi FC: 6 (Himanshu J 7th, 32nd, 62nd, Keisham Sanathoi Meetei 9th, Wungshung Lungleng 14th, Akash Tirkey 25th) bt MY-GMSC: 1 (Kean Lewis 80th); United SC: 1 (Sumay Shome 22nd) bt NEROCA FC: 0