Match Report
Chandigarh went into the game 2nd in the table on 5 points; Maharashtra sat 1st on 9 — a 4-point gap. On recent form Chandigarh sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.86 goals per team per game, Chandigarh ran at 2 scored and 1.33 conceded, Maharashtra at 4.67 and 0.
A win had eluded Chandigarh for 5 matches, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The match was played at Rabindra Sarobar Stadium (capacity 26,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.