Black Panthers Bite Back: Mohammedan Hold Chennaiyin To A Goalless Stalemate In ISL

Mohammedan SC held Chennaiyin FC to a goalless draw at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday, in a Round 5 ISL 2025-26 fixture that refused to yield a winner despite moments of drama at both ends.

Chennaiyin, sitting 10th with eight points , came into the evening riding momentum from a recent win, while Mohammedan remained the only side yet to register a victory this season. The stakes, then, could not have been more different, and yet both teams left with the same result.

It was the Marina Machans who came out firing, with Imran cutting inside and testing Chettri early on, only for the offside flag to deny Chima Chukwu on the follow-up. But Mohammedan refused to roll over. The Black Panthers pushed forward with ambition, with Saka proving a constant livewire on the right flank, going close before being flagged offside himself.

The match was further disrupted when Klusner Pereira was forced off through injury in the first half, with Mandar coming on to fill his role on the left.

Chennaiyin ended the match dominating 65% possession to Mohammedan's 35% , fashioning nine shot attempts to the visitors' six, with both goalkeepers finishing with two saves each a statistic that tells the story of a hard-fought but ultimately goalless contest.

Remarkably, Chennaiyin FC have still never beaten Mohammedan SC in any competitive ISL fixture and tonight was supposed to be the night that changed. It wasn't. The draw hands Mohammedan only their second point of the season, while Chennaiyin rise to ninth in the standings . The Black Panthers, it seems, aren't done fighting just yet.