Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs East Bengal FC Live Score: A win today will push either team towards the ISL title. (Photo: Mohun Bagan via X)Mohun Bagan Super Giant (MBSG) vs East Bengal FC (EBFC), ISL 2026: Mohun Bagan Super Giant’s Jason Cummings snatched a late equalier off a corner kick to break East Bengal hearts in a 1-1 draw at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Sunday evening. East Bengal were leading 1-0 thanks to a goal from Edmund on the 85th minute when Cummings levelled the scores at the cusp of added time.
The result means that East Bengal are on top of the standings, thanks to a goal difference of 18. But Mohun Bagan (goal difference of 13) and Bengaluru FC (GD: 6) are also on 23 points along with East Bengal. Bengaluru’s games of the season are over, which outs them out of reckoning for a title. East Bengal play against Inter Kashi in their final clash of the season while Mohun Bagan face Sporting Club Delhi.
Making matters even more complicated at the top of the league is the fact that Punjab FC (22 points with one game left) and Mumbai City FC (22 points with one game left) are also in the running.
Before the two goals at the end of the game, East Bengal had squandered three chances to score a goal. While Mohun Bagan dominated possession in the derby on Sunday, East Bengal struck the upright once (with a shot from Anton Sojberg) while Sojberg and Bipin Singh have missed easy chances.
It was a game that could have decided the fate of what’s turning out to be a thrilling photo-finish.
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All to play for with one final game left for most teams. Seven teams are separated by three-point gap at the top of the standings!
Here's what the ISL standings looks like after Mohun Bagan Super Giant's 1-1 draw against East Bengal
A 1-1 draw in what has been an entertaining and pulsating Kolkata Derby. Neither side will be happy at that, because a win today could have sent them on the path to a ISL title! And the game ends with a red card for Edmund, the first goalscorer.
East Bengal scored first on the 85th minute with Edmund slotting the ball past the keeper from the right flank. And East Bengal celebrated like there was no tomorrow! At one point, Edmund not only took off his jersey to show off his six-pack abs, but also hoisted his jersey on the corner flag and raised it for their fans.
But their joy was short-lived! Five minutes after the goal, Mohun Bagan levelled with Cummings heading the ball in from a corner on the 90th minute.
What a game, what a result!
Cummins almost gets Mohun Bagan a winning goal after scoring the equaliser. Running down the right flank, Cummins crosses the ball to MacLaren, whose shots is smothered by the East Bengal keeper!
That save could have prevented the ISL title from being sealed tonight!
WHAT A SAVE!
MOHUN BAGAN DRAW LEVEL AND IT'S 1-1 NOW
The East Bengal celebrations were still going on when Mohun Bagan snatch an equaliser from a corner kick! It was Petratos who swung the ball in and Jason Cummings snuck past the first line of defenders to flick the ball past the keeper into the goal!
This game has come alive!
Super sub Edmund scores! And East Bengal have a 1-0 lead with five minutes left in this game!
What a goal! That started from a goalkick from the East Bengal box. A couple of passes later, Edmund is released on the right flank with a through ball! And Edmund slots the ball past the keeper with a first-time shot. Neat finish there, sneaks past the outstretched leg of the accompanying last defender and the keeper's outstretched glove!
After 85 minutes, East Bengal lead 1-0 against Mohun Bagan Super Giant
What a great recovery from Anwar Ali who read Liston Colaco like a book there. Colaco, like he has been doing all game, barges into the East Bengal box, run all the way to the line before cutting the ball in. Anwar, watching the whole sequence of events, calms stands his ground and cuts out the cut-back!
After 70 minutes, Mohun Bagan Super Giant 0-0 East Bengal
East Bengal take their time in passing the ball around Mohun Bagan's half and finally, Jeakson is passed the ball. The youngster again sends a shot goalwards, but once again, it's wide!
Still goalless in this game after 70 minutes!
After playing around for five minutes in the second half, Jeakson Singh finds himself unmarked in front of the Mohun Bagan goal and cannot resist taking a shot! It's high and swinging wildly. No control behind that shot from the youngster.
Vishal Kaith quietly watches the ball fly away from his goal!
East Bengal has started the second half with plenty of pressure on their opponents. And all of it released with a careless shot.
51 mins: Mohun Bagan Super Giant 0-0 East Bengal
here we go! Another big 45 minutes coming up from the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan as arch-rivals Mohun Bagan Super Giant and East Bengal face off.
Still no goals, and both clubs are level on 22 points.
A win today, changes everything!
What a pulsating half of football! But no goals! Anton Hojberg and Bipin came closest to changing that for East Bengal, but were not clinical enough!
A very crucial half of football coming up from the Salt Lake Stadium.
After a frantic start to the game, the game looked like it was easing up as half-time approached near! But out of noweher we have chances --- and we are using the word loosely --- at both ends.
For Mohun Bagan, Liston Colaco evades a tackle in the midfield before trying to curl the ball into the Mohun Bagan goal. The ball harmlessly sails a few feet away from the net and Colaco looks dejected. But that was never headed in the goal!
And a minute later, Anton Hojberg has a better chance. He finds himself with the ball at his feet while he is inside the box one more time! And once again, his shot is blocked by the keeper who dives in the way and blocks with his body!
36 mins: Mohun Bagan Super Giant 0-0 East Bengal
What a chance for Bipin! And he scuffs his lines! Big moment in this game and this season! Bipin gets the ball at the edge of the box on the right-hand side. He finds the goalkeeper standing upright in front of him. He dodges the keeper and then, with teammate Anton Sojberg standing unmarked on his left, he opts to take the shot himself even though there are three --- yes three --- defenders standing in front of him and the goal. And while he's lining up the shot, all three defenders actually line up in a single file almost one behind the other and the ball thuds into the first defender in front of Bipin,
Alberto!
That was an insane chance to scuff up!
That's the second chance that the East Bengal side have let slip!
22 mins: Mohun Bagan Super Giant 0-0 East Bengal
EAST BENGAL ALMOST SCORE!!! BUT THE BALL HITS THE UPRIGHT!
So plenty of the game so far has been played with Mohun Bagan players having the ball at their feet. And just after Vishnu loses the ball once again, it looks like the chance is gone! But out of nowhere, the ball finds its way to Anton Sojberg. He unleashes a ferocious shot with his left foot. Tom Aldred puts out a leg, and Vishal Kaith will be thanking the Gods that the ball deflected enough off Aldred's leg to hit the upright!
What a chance!
17 mins: Mohun Bagan Super Giant 0-0 East Bengal
What a dazzling run on the left flank from Liston! But Rakib shows him out! And it's a corner. The East Bengal players are unhappy with that being given against them. And Bagan try a different strategy: a kick that's outside the East Bengal box. And in the blink of an eye, Mohun Bagan are on a break! Vishnu PV finds himself in the box with just the keeper to beat. He hesitates! And the defenders get to him and clear!
7th minute: Mohun Bagan Super Giant 0-0 East Bengal
Mohun Bagan have seen plenty of the ball in the first three minutes of the game so fat.
Subhashish is slipped in by Liston in the East Bengal box. He cuts back and the ball finds Sahal, who cannot control the ball. Anwar Ali clears!
Chance!
4th minute: Mohun Bagan Super Giant 0-0 East Bengal
Over the last few years, Mohun Bagan have held the upper hand in the Kolkata Derby. But East Bengal could leave this record behind by winning!
10 Kolkata Derbies played between the two clubs in the ISL. 9 wins for Mohun Bagan. One draw in the remaining game!
Since 1996, in any derby game between these two played in any league, neither of these teams have won the league after losing a Kolkata Derby. So winning today is more than critical! it's non-negotiable.
Both sets of players are coming out to the centre of the pitch. A city holds its breath for kickoff, which should be in a few minutes!
An East Bengal victory would move them to 25 points, leaving Mohun Bagan on 22 with only one match remaining. Even if the Mariners then win their final fixture and draw level on points, East Bengal would hold the superior head-to-head record and remain favourites to clinch the title, provided no other contender overtakes them. Similarly, Mohun Bagan will also have the same situation as their rivals.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Kolkata Derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. Both teams are within touching distance of an ISL title, finding each other in the way.
A win today could more or less secure a title.
It has taken six years but at long last, the Kolkata derby could actually be the match that decides the Indian Super League (ISL) crown, as opposed to being just a marketing pitch for the competition.
Going into Sunday’s fixture at the Salt Lake Stadium, Mohun Bagan Super Giant and East Bengal are level on 22 points, second and third on the table respectively, after playing 11 games with the red and gold brigade ahead on goal difference.
Effectively, though, the two Kolkata giants have the strongest chance at winning the title – provided one of them wins on Sunday – with current league leaders Bengaluru FC having already finished their 13 matches with 23 points. That, and the fact that Mohun Bagan have drawn twice in their last two matches, are among the many by-products of the heavily truncated and truly bizarre season that this has been in the ISL.
