Durand Cup 2022, Bengaluru FC vs Hyderabad FC, Semi Final 2: Bengaluru FC beat Hyderabad FC 1-0 to qualify for final. Bengaluru will face Mumbai City FC in the final on 18th September. 

The Blues will seek to erase memories of their last year’s semi-final defeat when they had suffered a 6-7 defeat to eventual champions FC Goa in sudden-death here. There is little to choose between the two teams but a battle of strikers is on the cards in the marquee clash. Hyderabad did look flawless till Army Red beat them in an inconsequential final group league match and then Rajasthan United FC also gave them a stiff challenge in the quarterfinals, before succumbing to their overall quality.

BFC too have had stops and starts in their campaign and scraped through a 10-man Odisha FC in the quarterfinals, with a last touch winner from Roy Krishna following a monumental blunder by the Juggernauts keeper in the dying seconds.

In semi-final 1, Bipin Singh’s strike in the stoppage time made all the difference as Mumbai City FC pipped Mohammedan SC 1-0 in the semifinal to reach the final of the Durand Cup 2022 at the Salt Lake Stadium, here on Wednesday.

Mohammedan SC were the dominant side in the opening stages of the game as they started the game with extreme ferocity, using all areas of the pitch and asserting their aggressiveness from the first minute as the Islanders were struggling to contain them.

Bengaluru FC Predicted Starting Line-up: Gurpreet (GK), Parag, Jhingan, Jovanovic, Roshan, Prabir, Ramires, Javi, Rohit, Chhetri, Krishna

Hyderabad FC Predicted Line-up: Kattimani (GK), Yasir, Odei, Akash Mishra, Hitesh, Borja, Nim, Chhangte, Rabeeh, Ogbeche, Siverio