Match Report
In the standings it was Tamilnadu 1st on 9 points, Odisha 1st on 6 — separated by 3. On recent form Tamilnadu sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Tamilnadu were scoring 5.67 and conceding 0.33, Odisha 5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.78 goals per team per game.
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium in Visakhapatnam, capacity 38,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.