The ongoing Indian Super League season is set for a grandstand final day with five teams – East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Mumbai City FC, Punjab FC and Jamshedpur FC – still in the hunt for the ISL 2026 title.
This is the first time that the ISL will not feature playoffs or a final to decide the champions. The table toppers after the league stage will walk away with the crown.
A truncated season, this year’s ISL format will see 14 football teams face each other once.
Heading into the final day of ISL 2026 on Thursday, the title race is a four-way shootoff but with the two Kolkata giants – East Bengal and Mohun Bagan – emerging as favourites, in the respective order.
East Bengal will face Inter Kashi at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata while Mohun Bagan hosts Sporting Club Delhi at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.
Should both slip up, it will open the door to the title for Punjab FC and Mumbai City FC, who go head-to-head at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Jamshedpur FC are also in the fray mathematically as they host Odisha FC at the JRD TATA Complex.
All four matches kick off concurrently at 7:30 PM IST and will be available to watch live in India.
For a better understanding of the ISL 2026 title race scenarios, here’s how the business end of the ISL 2026 points table looks like currently.
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