BSS Sporting defeated Kidderpore 5-2 in the Calcutta Premier Division regular season on Wednesday. The hosts ran out comfortable winners at home, extending their lead over their visitors who sit just above them in the table. The result leaves both sides on 12 points after 11 games, though BSS Sporting now occupy 17th place while Kidderpore drop to 16th.
Goals came early and often for the home side. The opening strike arrived in the eighth minute, followed by a second just two minutes later in the tenth. By then the visitors were already chasing the game, and they could not recover from such a swift start.
The second half saw BSS Sporting add to their advantage with three more goals. The first came in the 31st minute, the second in the 42nd, and the third in the 50th. Kidderpore were pinned back for most of the period and could only watch as the gap grew wider.
A red card in the 71st minute further sealed the outcome for the visitors. BSS Sporting made no mistake, adding a fifth goal in the 76th minute to finish the scoring. The dismissal came too late to change the direction of the match.
Both sides enter this fixture with mixed recent form. BSS Sporting have won three, drawn three and lost five games this season, while Kidderpore have managed two wins and six draws from their 11 matches. The visitors had shown resilience in previous encounters but could not match the hosts on this occasion.