East Bengal finally made the right moves to beat a lacklustre Odisha FC 3-1 and secure their first win in their debut Indian Super League season on Sunday.
In the battle of the two bottom-placed teams, the Red-and-Gold scored through Anthony Pilkington (12th) and Jacques Maghoma (39th) to give them a 2-0 cushion at half time at the Tilak Maidan.
The Kolkata heavyweights maintained their high intensity before their latest Nigerian recruit Bright Enobakhare sealed the issue with a terrific 88th minute strike.
Odisha FC (two points) pulled one back through Diego Mauricio in the injury time (90+3rd minute), but it was not enough as they suffered a sixth defeat to remain at the bottom of the 11-team table, winless in last eight matches.
East Bengal’s win in their first ISL season came in their eighth match as they climbed to ninth place, while Odisha remained winless.
Everything fell in place for the Robbie Fowler-coached side from the start.
Fowler made two changes to his…
