Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Bengaluru FC Beats Sporting Club Delhi in Dramatic Comeback
Bengaluru FC and Sporting Club Delhi played the first match of the new Indian Super League season.
Bengaluru scored first through Borja Martínez.
Delhi quickly equalised when Rodriguinho scored.
Then a cross accidentally went into Bengaluru defender Menno Koch’s own net, giving Delhi a 2-1 halftime lead.
Martínez scored again in the second half to make the score 2-2.
Bengaluru kept trying to score.
Substitute Soham Varshneya sent a cross into the box late in the game.
Koch headed it into the net in the 89th minute.
Bengaluru won 3-2.
Bengaluru FC defeated Sporting Club Delhi 3-2 in the 2026-27 Indian Super League season opener on Saturday.
Debutant Borja Martínez opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and made it 2-2 with his second goal in the 75th.
Rodriguinho equalised for Delhi in the 26th minute, and Menno Koch’s own goal put the visitors ahead in the 32nd.
Koch headed in the winning goal in the 89th minute after a cross from substitute Soham Varshneya.
The match was played at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
- Who
- Bengaluru FC and Sporting Club Delhi.
- What
- Bengaluru FC won 3-2 after trailing 2-1 at halftime.
- When
- Saturday, in the 2026-27 Indian Super League season opener.
- Where
- Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
- Why
- Bengaluru completed the comeback with goals from Borja Martínez and Menno Koch.
- Competition
- Indian Super League 2026-27 season opener
- Final score
- Bengaluru FC 3, Sporting Club Delhi 2
- Halftime score
- Bengaluru FC 1, Sporting Club Delhi 2
- Bengaluru scorers
- Borja Martínez (22nd and 75th minutes); Menno Koch (89th minute)
- Delhi scorers
- Rodriguinho (26th minute); Menno Koch own goal (32nd minute)
- Venue
- Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru