Bengaluru FC were left hapless as Hyderabad FC rode Bartholomew Ogbeche’s first-half strike to down the Blues 1-0 in an ISL VIII match at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Wednesday.

Ogbeche found the back of the net in the seventh minute as his side dominated proceedings from the kick-off to leave Bengaluru FC at ninth position with four points from five matches.

Hyderabad jumped to third place courtesy the victory with seven points from four games.

The ‘hosts’ started on the front foot and went ahead as soon as the seventh minute. Akash Mishra found Ogbeche after darting past a few white and blue shirts. The Nigerian then fired home from the edge of the box as the ball took a slight deflection to nestle in the back of the net past a diving Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.

Mishra looked in fine form as he teed up Ogbeche once again in the 17th minute but Gurpreet was off his line early to avert the danger.