#3 Closer matches
At roughly the midpoint of the regular season, we are at a stage where most teams are within a win or two of making it into the semi-finals. No team is dominating at the top and all the matches have an aura of unpredictability about them: any team can win any match (perhaps with the exception of FC Goa this season).
The fact that the largest margin of victory, both at home and away, has been 2 goals (until last night’s hammering of Chennayin FC) speaks to how balanced the league is. Also, many draws usually spell boredom but in the ISL, quite a few draws have been achieved with both sides getting on the score sheet.
The 3-3 draw between Delhi Dynamos and Mumbai City FC has achieved ‘classic’ status in India and will be talked about for years to come, both by fans of either team and lovers of the league.
