MARGAO. Bengaluru prevails over Kerala Blasters 1-0 after R. Krishna scored just 1 goal (32′). Kerala Blasters was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stadium in Margao on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Tejas Nagvenkar. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.2 degrees Celsius or 75.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
- ! 31 Ball Possession 69
Shots
- 18 Total 12
- 6 On Target 1
- 9 Off Target 10
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 67 Attack 73
- 65 Dangerous attack 70
- 70 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 4
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Kerala Blasters had a strong ball possession 69% while Bengaluru was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Kerala Blasters had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Bengaluru succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Bengaluru shot 18 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Kerala Blasters shot 12 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Bengaluru received 3 yellow cards (Parag Satish Shrivas, R. Krishna and G. Singh). Talking about the opposition, Kerala Blasters received 3 yellow cards (Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, R. Kannoly Praveen and Adrián Luna).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Bengaluru will have 28 points like ATK Mohun Bagan to sit in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters will stay with 31 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Indian Super League, Bengaluru will host Goa on the 23rd of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Bengaluru (4 draws).
Kerala Blasters will host Hyderabad on the 26th of February with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Kerala Blasters (1 draw).
Bengaluru – Formation
Bengaluru
79'
87'
32'
Bengaluru started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Simon Grayson decided to play with the following team: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu , Alan Costa , Sandesh Jhingan , Parag Srivas , Prabir Das , Bruno Ramires , Javi Hernández , Rohit Kumar , Roshan Singh , Roy Krishna and Sivasakthi Narayanan .
The home team had on the bench: Amrit Gope, Harmanpreet Singh, Udanta Singh Kumam, Aleksandar Jovanović, Jayesh Rane, Pablo Pérez, Leon Augustine, Namgyal Bhutia and Sunil Chhetri.
Substitutions
Bengaluru made 2 changes: Bruno Ramires for Udanta Singh Kumam (87′) and Siva Sakthi N for Pablo Pérez (87′).
Best player: Roshan Singh
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bengaluru was Roshan Singh even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 10 passes (50% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 10 crosses.
Kerala Blasters – Formation
Kerala Blasters
Kerala Blasters started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Ivan Vukomanovic played with: Prabhsukhan Gill , Nishu Kumar , Ruivah Hormipam , Victor Mongil Adeva , Jessel Carneiro , Rahul Kannoly , Jeakson Singh , Ivan Kalyuzhny , Sahal Abdul Samad , Adrian Luna and Dimitris Diamantakos .
They had on the bench: Apostolos Giannou, Ayush Adhikari , Karanjit Singh, Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Vibin Mohanan, Danish Farooq Bhat, Saurav Mandal , Bryce Miranda and Bidyashagar Singh.
Substitutions
Kerala Blasters made 5 changes: R. Kannoly Praveen for Bryce Miranda (73′), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi for Apostolos Giannou (82′), S. Samad for Danish Farooq Bhat (82′), Nishu Kumar for Saurav Mandal (83′) and Jessel Carneiro for Khangembam Bidyashagar Singh (90′).
Best player: Prabhsukhan Gill
The player that probably impressed the most for Kerala Blasters was the goalkeeper: Prabhsukhan Gill. His rating is 7.43. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
- Bengaluru – Kerala Blasters – 1-0
- Goa – Mumbai City – 3-5
