Throughout their history, the club has consistently demonstrated competitiveness in every competition they entered. However, since joining the Indian Super League (ISL) in the 2020-21 season, the Red and Gold Brigade has struggled to showcase their competitive edge on the pitch.
Except Bose, who signed for the club in 2021, all other players had joined the club on a one-year deal in 2022. Fernandes and Meitei, in particular, had put pen to paper with the club on a year-long loan deal from Mumbai City FC and Kerala Blasters FC respectively.
Cleiton Silva opened the scoring of the match in the 10th minute, only for Diego Mauricio to score the equaliser. Nandhakumar Sekar scored the second goal of the night for the Juggernauts at the end of first half to send the home team into the half-time break with the lead. Mauricio added an
Being the only team in the league to have a 100 per cent home win record this season, winning all four of their home games so far, the Kalinga Warriors stand a strong contention to make it to the playoffs for the first time in the club's history.
Three first-half goals including a brace from Saul Crespo (19', 38') and a third from Jerry Mawihmingthanga (40') earned Odisha FC their third consecutive win and a clean sheet, earning them the ticket to the knockout stages of the Durand Cup.