Mumbai City FC produced a performance of yesteryear as they came back from 0-2 down to beat Chennaiyin FC 6-2 at the Marina Arena in Chennai on Saturday.

The win wasn’t just a display of clean, free-flowing attacking football from the Islanders, but a set a platform for records and milestones.

Re-watch #HeroISL 2022-23's highest scoring match yet as @MumbaiCityFC went on a rampage against #ChennaiyinFC 🤯🔵#CFCMCFC #LetsFootball #ISLRecap #MumbaiCityFC pic.twitter.com/AwXy1wokTM

— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) November 13, 2022

Alberto Noguera’s goal to put Mumbai City FC 5-2 up on the night was the 2000th goal scored in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) history and it was only apt that the milestone was achieved in a game which was a great advert for the Hero ISL and the endeavours of the teams playing in it to entertain the crowds with some eye-catching football.

Noguera thus thrust himself into elite company of goalscorers who had the honour to score the landmark goals in Hero ISL history.

1st goal  -  Fikru (Match 1 - Hero ISL 2014 - ATK vs MCFC)

100th goal - Romeo Fernandes (Match 46 - Hero ISL 2014 - FCG vs NEUFC)

500th goal - Danilo Cezario (Match 14 - Hero ISL 2017-18 - DDFC vs NEUFC)

1000th goal - David Williams (Match 11 - Hero ISL 2019-20 - CFC vs ATK)

1500th goal - Joao Victor (Match 96 - Hero ISL 2020-21 -  HFC vs KBFC)

2000th goal - Alberto Noguera (Match 29 - Hero ISL 2022-23 - CFC vs MCFC)

Club-wise distribution

FC Goa who are the highest goalscorers in Hero ISL history are the biggest contributors to the 2001 goals that have been scored with a 13.7% share in the total goals scored. Their share is 3% more than the second club in the list: Mumbai City FC.

Chennaiyin FC are the only other club to have contributed to more than 10% of the goals scored in Hero ISL history.

ATK Mohun Bagan despite being part of the Hero ISL for little more than two seasons have already contributed to over 4% of the total goals scored.

Teams	Goals scored	% of total goals scored in Hero ISL
FC Goa	274	13.7
Mumbai City FC	214	10.7
Chennaiyin FC	205	10.2
Kerala Blasters FC	187	9.3
Bengaluru FC	158	7.9
NorthEast United FC	155	7.7
ATK FC	138	6.9
Jamshedpur FC	135	6.7
Delhi Dynamos FC	114	5.7
Hyderabad FC	105	5.2
FC Pune City	97	4.8
Odisha FC	90	4.5
ATK Mohun Bagan	83	4.1
East Bengal FC	46	2.3

Season-wise distribution

Goals weren’t as easy to come by in the inaugural season of the Hero ISL but since then teams have found breaching the opponent’s goal much easier.

The number of goals have almost always increased with every passing season and the 2021-22 season saw the most number of goals being scored in a single season 354 which accounts to 17.7% of the toal goals scored in Hero ISL history.

Metrics	2022-23	2021-22	2020-21	2019-20	2018-19	2017-18	2016	2015	2014
Matches	29*	115	115	95	95	95	61	61	61
Goals	80*	354	298	294	254	261	145	186	129

* indicates the particular figures are dynamic as the season underquestion is in progress.

The Hero ISL 2022-23 season isn’t producing goals at the same rate as the previous campaign but the game between Mumbai City FC and Chennaiyin FC might just be the trigger for teams to express themselves a bit more and get among the goals.