Last season’s runners-up ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation) eked out a narrow 1-0 victory against a fighting Karnatak Sporting Association in an Elite Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League 2015-2016, and played at the Cooperage football ground, on Wednesday evening.
In a keenly contested encounter, ONGC snatched the initiative when striker Karan Atwal struck the lone goal of the match in the 22nd minute.
Later ONGC were reduced to 10 men when Dharmesh Patel was shown the red card for violent conduct.
There will be no match on Thursday. The next Elite Division match will be played between Central Railway and Kenkre FC on Friday, October 6 at 3.00 pm.
Results – Elite Div: ONGC 1 (Karan Atwal 22nd) beat Karnatak SA 0.