Indian Super League

FT Sunday, December 11, 2022
Bengaluru FC LLLWL 2
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Kerala Blasters FC LWWWW 3
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BFC112
KER213
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi · 25,184 att.

Match Report

R. Parthibhan/Focus Sports/ ISL

ISL 2022-23: Kerala Blasters delight in 3-2 win over Bengaluru FC; rise to fourth

Despite trailing to a Sunil Chhetri penalty, the Blasters struck back with goals from Marko Leskovic, Dimitrios Diamantakos and Apostolos Giannou.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
1
50.7
Possession
49.3
5
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
269
Accurate Passes
270
375
Passes
359
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.3
74
Long Balls
64
26
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
10
20
Effective Clearances
10
20
Clearances
10

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

KER · 4-4-2

  1. 13Prabhsukhan GillG
  2. 55Marko LeskovicCD-L
  3. 4Ruivah HormipamCD-R
  4. 22Nishu KumarLB
  5. 3Sandeep SinghRB
  6. 25Jeakson SinghCM-L
  7. 77Ivan KalyuzhnyiCM-R
  8. 18Sahal Abdul SamadLM
  9. 17Rahul KannolyRM
  10. 9Dimitrios DiamantakosCF-L
  11. 20Adrián LunaCF-R

BFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gurpreet Singh SandhuG
  2. 4Aleksandar JovanovicCD-L
  3. 3Sandesh JhinganCD-R
  4. 25Namgyal BhutiaLB
  5. 33Prabir DasRB
  6. 10Javi HernándezCM
  7. 12Danish Farooq BhatLM
  8. 8Suresh Singh WangjamRM
  9. 22Roy KrishnaF
  10. 11Sunil ChhetriLF
  11. 32Naorem Roshan SinghRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Kerala Blasters 0, Bengaluru 1. Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 24' Sandesh Jhingan (Bengaluru) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 25' Goal! Kerala Blasters 1, Bengaluru 1. Marko Leskovic (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  4. 43' Goal! Kerala Blasters 2, Bengaluru 1. Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Adrián Luna with a cross.
  5. 45' Substitution, Bengaluru. Parag Shrivas replaces Prabir Das.
  6. 61' Substitution, Bengaluru. Rohit Kumar replaces Danish Farooq.
  7. 68' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Apostolos Giannou replaces Ivan Kalyuzhnyi.
  8. 70' Goal! Kerala Blasters 3, Bengaluru 1. Apostolos Giannou (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dimitrios Diamantakos with a through ball.
  9. 77' Substitution, Bengaluru. Alan Costa replaces Aleksandar Jovanovic.
  10. 77' Substitution, Bengaluru. Sivasakthi Narayanan replaces Roy Krishna.
  11. 77' Substitution, Bengaluru. Pablo Pérez replaces Suresh Wangjam.
  12. 81' Goal! Kerala Blasters 3, Bengaluru 2. Javi Hernández (Bengaluru) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  13. 84' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Bryce Miranda replaces Sahal Samad.
  14. 90'+3' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Víctor Mongil replaces Dimitrios Diamantakos.
  15. 90'+4' Prabhsukhan Gill (Kerala Blasters) is shown the yellow card.

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