Hero I-League Round 12: East Bengal stay top, Aizawl capitaize as Bagan falter

Picture from Hero I-League Round 12 clash - Chennai City FC vs DSK Shivajians FC, Picture Courtesy: I-League Media

Round 12 of the Hero I-League saw some momentum shifts at the top of the table as Mohun Bagan after their break from the league due to AFC Cup commitments, face a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Churchill Brothers despite taking an early lead. The loss will come as a blow to Mariners especially after knowing that arch rivals East Bengal had won in Shillong in a hard fought performance. East Bengal's new recruit Christopher Payne scored a brace while Lajong failed to make most of their chances.

Aizawl FC are looking unstoppable as they wrapped up yet another dominant victory over Khalid Jamil's former employers Mumbai FC with Kamo Bayi registering a fine double at home. The win keeps Aizawl FC at the second place.

Chennai City FC and DSK Shivajians were involved in a 1-1 draw in Chennai. While the result may look like a point earned for the home side, but it was rather a case of losing two points narrowly as they failed to keep their early lead intact and concede in the injury time. Haroon Amiri gave Chennai City FC the lead while McFaul equalized in the dying moments of the game.

Elsewhere, Bengaluru FC broke Minerva Punjab's mini-run with Lenny Rodrigues finding the back of the net with a glancing header from Cameron Watson corner. The goal proved to be the winner as The Blues look to stay in title hunt while Minerva Punjab FC will gain lot of confidence for the fixtures ahead with their string of good performances, especially at home.

Hero I-League 2016-17 Round 12 Scores

04.03.2017

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong

Shillong Lajong FC 1-2 East Bengal

SLFC: Aser Dipanda(64th - Assist Samuel Shadap)

EB: Christopher Payne(8th - Assist Robin Singh, 33rd - Assist Mohammed Rafique)

04.03.2017

Tilak Maidan, Goa

Churchill Brothers SC 2-1 Mohun Bagan

CB: Anthony Wolfe(65th - Assist Seriton Fernandes), Chesterpoul Lyngdoh(75th - Assist Brandon Fernandes)

MB: Prabir Das(24th - Assist Sony Norde)

04.03.2017

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Aizawl

Aizawl FC 2-0 Mumbai FC

AFC: Kamo Bayi(65th - Assist Brandon Vanlalremdika, 78th - Assist Mahmoud Al-Amna)

05.03.2017

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai

Chennai City FC 1-1 DSK Shivajians FC

CCFC: Haroon Amiri(42nd - Assist Nandhakumar)

DSK: Shane McFaul(90+3rd - From Rebound)

05.03.2017

Guru Nanak Stadium, Punjab

Minerva Punjab FC 0-1 Bengaluru FC

BFC: Lenny Rodrigues(17th - Assist Cameron Watson)

Hero I-League Points Table (Till Round 12)

Hero I-League 2016-17 League Table(Till Round 12) – By www.ABCDFootball.com
	Played	Win	Loss	Draw	GF	GA	GD	Points
East Bengal	12	8	1	3	23	7	16	27
Aizawl FC	12	8	2	2	16	9	7	26
Mohun Bagan	10	6	1	3	16	6	10	21
Bengaluru FC	11	4	3	4	16	11	5	16
Shillong Lajong FC	11	5	5	1	16	15	1	16
Churchill Brothers SC	12	3	6	3	15	18	-3	12
DSK Shivajians FC	12	2	5	5	10	15	-5	11
Minerva Punjab FC	12	2	5	5	9	19	-10	11
Chennai City FC	12	2	7	3	8	19	-11	9
Mumbai FC	12	2	7	3	6	16	-10	9

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