Indian Super League

FT Friday, October 7, 2022
East Bengal FC LLLDL 1
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Kerala Blasters FC WDWDL 3
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi · 34,978 att.

Match Report

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ISL 2022-23: Ivan Kaliuzhnyi's brace helps Kerala Blasters beat East Bengal in season opener

With fans back in the stadium after a long gap of two years, they were treated to a few sublime goals in the second half.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
1
46.9
Possession
53.1
7
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
223
Accurate Passes
284
335
Passes
380
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
5
14
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.3
73
Long Balls
74
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
12
26
Effective Clearances
12
26
Clearances
12

Head to Head

KER leads series 1-0-3

Lineups

KER · 4-4-2

  1. 13Prabhsukhan GillG
  2. 55Marko LeskovicCD-L
  3. 4Ruivah HormipamCD-R
  4. 14Jessel CarneiroLB
  5. 10Harmanjot KhabraRB
  6. 7Puitea CM-L
  7. 25Jeakson SinghCM-R
  8. 20Adrián LunaLM
  9. 18Sahal Abdul SamadRM
  10. 9Dimitrios DiamantakosCF-L
  11. 99Apostolos GiannouCF-R

EBFC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Kamaljit SinghG
  2. 4Iván GarridoCD-L
  3. 5LalchungnungaCD-R
  4. 40Charalambos KyriakouLB
  5. 19Ankit MukherjeeRB
  6. 14Alex LimaCM-L
  7. 23Souvik ChakrabortyCM-R
  8. 37Tuhin DasLM
  9. 6Sumeet PassiRM
  10. 10Cleiton SilvaCF-L
  11. 11Suhair VPCF-R

Timeline

  1. 60' Chungnunga Lal (SC East Bengal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 61' Substitution, SC East Bengal. Semboi Haokip replaces Suhair Vadakkepeedika.
  3. 63' Ankit Mukherjee (SC East Bengal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 71' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Rahul Kannoly Praveen replaces Sahal Samad.
  5. 72' Goal! Kerala Blasters 1, SC East Bengal 0. Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harmanjot Khabra with a through ball.
  6. 78' Hormipam Ruivah (Kerala Blasters) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Substitution, SC East Bengal. Amarjit Kiyam replaces Souvik Chakrabarti.
  8. 80' Substitution, SC East Bengal. Eliandro replaces Charis Kyriakou.
  9. 80' Substitution, SC East Bengal. Jerry Lalrinzuala replaces Tuhin Das.
  10. 80' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi replaces Apostolos Giannou.
  11. 80' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Bidyashagar Singh replaces Lalthathanga Khawlhring.
  12. 82' Goal! Kerala Blasters 2, SC East Bengal 0. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bidyashagar Singh.
  13. 88' Goal! Kerala Blasters 2, SC East Bengal 1. Alex (SC East Bengal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  14. 89' Substitution, SC East Bengal. Jordan O'Doherty replaces Alex.
  15. 89' Goal! Kerala Blasters 3, SC East Bengal 1. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Víctor Mongil replaces Dimitrios Diamantakos.

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