As both teams came into this fixture on the back of a win, this Kolkata derby was expected to be a tighter contest than the one in the reverse fixture. Without many surprises, both teams put pressure on each other in the first half, but the goal by Slavko Damjanovic in the second half change
The 21-year-old was impressive in Odisha FC's win over second-placed Hyderabad FC when he scored the opening goal and was clinical against Chennaiyin FC, scoring a goal and providing an assist against the Marina Machans, which helped Odisha FC make strides towards the top six places in the I
He beat East Bengal FC's Naorem Mahesh Singh Chennaiyin FC's Abdenasser El Khayati who had cumulative percentages of 29.42 and 21.58 respectively. East Bengal FC's Cleiton Silva and FC Goa's Noah Sadaoui were the other contenders in the race.
Naorem Mahesh was chosen as the clear winner by 10 of the 13 experts, making him the undisputed winner for November 2022. Anwar Ali of FC Goa finished second, marginally ahead of Nadhakumar Sekar of Odisha FC
East Bengal took a 2-0 lead in the first half thanks to goals from Thongkhosiem Haokip and Naorem Mahesh Singh, but half-time substitute Pedro Martin equalized three minutes later. Later on, Jerry Mawihmingthanga and Nandhakumar Sekar sealed the three points.