Indian Super League

FT Thursday, September 21, 2023
Bengaluru FC WWWLL 1
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Kerala Blasters FC WLLLL 2
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi · 34,911 att.

Match Report

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Adrian Luna proves decisive as Kerala Blasters beat Bengaluru FC in error-filled ISL opener

Adrian Luna was key as Kerala Blasters beat Bengaluru FC 2-1 on the opening day of the 2023-24 ISL season

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
4
58.8
Possession
41.2
10
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
394
Accurate Passes
251
476
Passes
338
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.1
62
Long Balls
58
34
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
9
8
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
7
18
Effective Clearances
21
18
Clearances
21

Head to Head

BFC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

KER · 4-4-2

  1. 31Sachin SureshG
  2. 15Milos DrincicCD-L
  3. 20Pritam KotalCD-R
  4. 27Aibanbha DohlingLB
  5. 33Prabir DasRB
  6. 13Danish Farooq BhatCM-L
  7. 5Jeakson SinghCM-R
  8. 19Mohammed AimenLM
  9. 21Daisuke SakaiRM
  10. 10Adrián LunaCF-L
  11. 14Kwame PeprahCF-R

BFC · 5-3-2

  1. 1Gurpreet Singh SandhuG
  2. 4Aleksandar JovanovicCD
  3. 23Slavko DamjanovicCD-L
  4. 32Naorem Roshan SinghCD-R
  5. 14Jessel CarneiroLB
  6. 25Namgyal BhutiaRB
  7. 6Keziah VeendorpCM
  8. 8Suresh Singh WangjamCM-L
  9. 18Rohit KumarCM-R
  10. 39Sivasakthi NarayananCF-L
  11. 7Ryan WilliamsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Jessel Carneiro (Bengaluru FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Own Goal by Keziah Veendorp, Bengaluru FC. Kerala Blasters FC 1, Bengaluru FC 0.
  3. 65' Substitution, Bengaluru FC. Javi Hernández replaces Keziah Veendorp.
  4. 65' Substitution, Bengaluru FC. Curtis Main replaces Aleksandar Jovanovic.
  5. 65' Substitution, Bengaluru FC. Parag Shrivas replaces Namgyal Bhutia.
  6. 69' Goal! Kerala Blasters FC 2, Bengaluru FC 0. Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 77' Substitution, Bengaluru FC. Monirul Molla replaces Rohit Kumar.
  8. 77' Substitution, Bengaluru FC. Harsh Patre replaces Sivasakthi Narayanan.
  9. 79' Substitution, Kerala Blasters FC. Freddy Lallawmawma replaces Mohammed Aimen.
  10. 88' Substitution, Kerala Blasters FC. Nihal Sudheesh replaces Daisuke Sakai.
  11. 88' Substitution, Kerala Blasters FC. Vibin Mohanan replaces Danish Farooq.
  12. 90' Goal! Kerala Blasters FC 2, Bengaluru FC 1. Curtis Main (Bengaluru FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  13. 90'+7' Substitution, Kerala Blasters FC. Bidyashagar Singh replaces Kwame Peprah because of an injury.
  14. 90'+7' Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters FC) is shown the yellow card.

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