Indian Super League

FT Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Chennaiyin FC DDDLD 1
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Kerala Blasters FC WLLWL 2
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CFC101
KER112
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi · 21,049 att.

Match Report

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ISL 2022-23: Rahul, Luna guide Kerala Blasters to comeback win over Chennaiyin

Nasser El Khayati opened the scoring for Chennaiyin, but goals from Adrian Luna and Rahul KP gave Kerala the advantage in the playoff race.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
43.4
Possession
56.6
18
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
389
375
Passes
487
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.2
94
Long Balls
58
44
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
13
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

KER leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

KER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Prabhsukhan GillG
  2. 23Jesús MongilCD-L
  3. 4Ruivah HormipamCD-R
  4. 14Jessel CarneiroLB
  5. 22Nishu KumarRB
  6. 20Adrián LunaAM
  7. 77Ivan KalyuzhnyiLM
  8. 25Jeakson SinghRM
  9. 9Dimitrios DiamantakosF
  10. 18Sahal Abdul SamadAM-L
  11. 17Rahul KannolyAM-R

CFC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Samik MitraG
  2. 4Gurmukh SinghCD-L
  3. 6Vafa HakhamaneshiCD-R
  4. 27Akash SangwanLB
  5. 8Edwin Sydney VanspaulRB
  6. 33Abdenasser El KhayatiAM
  7. 26Julius DükerLM
  8. 15Anirudh ThapaRM
  9. 9Petar SliskovicF
  10. 47Vincy BarrettoAM-L
  11. 7Ninthoinganba MeeteiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Kerala Blasters 0, Chennaiyin 1. Abdenasser El Khayati (Chennaiyin) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Petar Sliskovic.
  2. 38' Goal! Kerala Blasters 1, Chennaiyin 1. Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  3. 56' Sahal Samad (Kerala Blasters) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 63' Substitution, Chennaiyin. Prasanth Mohan replaces Vincy Barretto because of an injury.
  5. 63' Substitution, Chennaiyin. Kwame Karikari replaces Petar Sliskovic.
  6. 64' Goal! Kerala Blasters 2, Chennaiyin 1. Rahul Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adrián Luna with a cross.
  7. 71' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Bryce Miranda replaces Sahal Samad.
  8. 76' Substitution, Chennaiyin. Jiteshwor Singh replaces Ninthoinganba Meetei.
  9. 76' Substitution, Chennaiyin. Rahim Ali replaces Julius Düker.
  10. 83' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Saurav Mandal replaces Rahul Kannoly Praveen.
  11. 90'+3' Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Danish Farooq replaces Adrián Luna.

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