Indian Super League

FT Saturday, October 1, 2016
Kerala Blasters FC WLDLD 0
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NorthEast United FC LWDDW 1
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Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium · 27,629 att.

Match Report

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Katsumi gives NorthEast winning start

NorthEast United got their Indian Super League campaign off to a winning start, as they beat Kerala Blasters 1-0.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
49.3
Possession
50.7
10
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
257
Accurate Passes
269
344
Passes
358
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
85
32
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
9
12
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
6
Effective Clearances
10
11
Clearances
21

Head to Head

KER leads series 2-0

Lineups

NEU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Subrata PalG
  2. 22Gustavo LazzarettiCD-L
  3. 27MailsonCD-R
  4. 16Robin GurungLB
  5. 12Reagan SinghRB
  6. 10Katsumi YusaAM
  7. 14Rowllin BorgesLM
  8. 6RomaricRM
  9. 9Emiliano AlfaroF
  10. 19Nicolás VélezAM-L
  11. 18Halicharan NarzaryAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Rehnesh ParambaSUB
  2. 45Fanai LalrempuiaSUB
  3. 26Shouvik GhoshSUB
  4. 17Lallianzuala ChhangteSUB
  5. 15Sumeet PassiSUB
  6. 4Nirmal ChettriSUB
  7. 11Seityasen SinghSUB
  8. 21WellingtonSUB
  9. 5Didier ZokoraSUB
  10. 3Wellington PrioriSUB
  11. 20Jerry MawihmingthangaSUB

KER · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Graham StackG
  2. 6Aaron HughesCD-L
  3. 5Cédric HengbartCD-R
  4. 11Isfhaq AhmedLB
  5. 21Sandesh JhinganRB
  6. 14Mehtab HossainCM-L
  7. 8Vinit RaiCM-R
  8. 57Didier KadioLM
  9. 10Antonio GermanRM
  10. 20Mohammed RafiF
  11. 9Kervens BelfortRCF

Substitutes

  1. 30Moniruzzaman AnsariSUB
  2. 19Ouzin NdoyeSUB
  3. 17Farukh ChoudharySUB
  4. 24Sandip NandySUB
  5. 27Michael ChopraSUB
  6. 23Kunal SawantSUB
  7. 16Gurwinder SinghSUB
  8. 12Thongkhosiem HaokipSUB
  9. 78Duckens NazonSUB
  10. 2Pratik ChowdharySUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Rowllin Borges (NorthEast United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Goal! NorthEast United 1, Kerala Blasters 0. Katsumi Yusa (NorthEast United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolás Vélez with a cross.
  3. 60' Kervens Belfort (Kerala Blasters) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 64' Substitution, NorthEast United. Wellington Priori replaces Nicolás Vélez.
  5. 66' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Michael Chopra replaces Didier Kadio.
  6. 75' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Gurwinder Singh replaces Vinit Rai.
  7. 76' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Duckens Nazon replaces Antonio German.
  8. 78' Substitution, NorthEast United. Didier Zokora replaces Romaric.
  9. 86' Substitution, NorthEast United. Nirmal Chettri replaces Holicharan Narzary.

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