Hyderabad FC vs Bengaluru FC LIVE score, ISL 2024-25: HFC 0-0 BFC; Chhetri’s Blues eye return to top two against last-placed Nizams

Hyderabad FC vs Bengaluru FC LIVE score, ISL 2024-25: HFC 0-0 BFC; Chhetri’s Blues eye return to top two against last-placed Nizams

Hyderabad FC: Singh (gk), Rabeeh, Rafi, Sapic, Mohammed, Isaac, Alba, Ramhlunchhunga, Sunny, Murgaonkar, Miranda

Bengaluru FC: Gurpreet (gk), Roshan, Jovanovic, Bheke, Poojary, Patre, Capo, Noguera, Shivaldo, Diaz, Chhetri

The Blues are currently in third place in the table with 27 points from 15 matches, while Hyderabad FC sits at the bottom with nine points from as many games.

The visitor began the season on a flawless note but recent results mean that they are eight points behind league leader Mohun Bagan Super Giant. With nine matches to go in the regular season for them, the side can’t afford to drop points if it has to keep its ambitions of becoming the ISL champion alive.

Bengaluru FC went scoreless in its last match, which was a 0-1 loss to Mohammedan SC. The previous time it went consecutive games without finding the back of the net were the last two matches before Gerard Zaragoza took over as the head coach in December 2023.

Since then, particularly this season, there has been a smooth consistency in their frontline, as reflected with the Blues having found the back of the net 28 times, as opposed to 11 of Hyderabad FC. Four of Hyderabad FC’s 11 goals in ISL 2024-25 have come in its last five matches, where it has drawn twice and lost thrice.

A victory here will see Hyderabad FC extend its unbeaten home stretch against the Blues to four matches. Bengaluru FC, on the other hand, is looking to avoid a third consecutive loss, in order to sustain pressure on its opponents in the upper half of the points table.