CALICUT. ATK Mohun Bagan managed to find the solution against Kerala Blasters to win 2-1. C. McHugh was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Kerala Blasters to strike first with a goal of Dimitrios Diamantakos at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 23′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Carl McHugh gave the win to ATK Mohun Bagan in the 72′ minute scoring a double.
R. Kannoly Praveen received a red card (64′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Kerala Blasters lost the match.
The match was played at the EMS Stadium stadium in Calicut on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Rahul Kumar Gupta. The weather was haze. The temperature was hot at 25 degrees Celsius or 76.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 12 Total 10
- 4 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 5
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 101 Attack 103
- 70 Dangerous attack 61
- 104 Ball safe 127
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 5
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. ATK Mohun Bagan was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Kerala Blasters that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
ATK Mohun Bagan was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why ATK Mohun Bagan won the match.
ATK Mohun Bagan shot 12 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Kerala Blasters shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
ATK Mohun Bagan received 2 yellow cards (Subhasish Bose and Brendan Hamill). On the other side, Kerala Blasters received 2 yellow cards (R. Kannoly Praveen and Dimitrios Diamantakos).
Also, Kerala Blasters didn’t finish the match with 11 players after R. Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (64′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, ATK Mohun Bagan will have 31 points like Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Kerala Blasters will stay with 31 points like ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Indian Super League, ATK Mohun Bagan will play away against East Bengal on the 25th of February with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of ATK Mohun Bagan (0 draws).
Kerala Blasters will host Hyderabad on the 26th of February with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Kerala Blasters (1 draw).
ATK Mohun Bagan – Formation
ATK Mohun Bagan
58'
79'
23', 72'
ATK Mohun Bagan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Juan Ferrando Fenol decided to play with the following team: Vishal Kaith , Ashish Rai , Pritam Kotal , Brendan Hamill , Subhasish Bose , Carl McHugh , Glan Martins , Manvir Singh , Hugo Boumous , Muhammed Ashique Kuruniyan and Dimitri Petratos .
The home team had on the bench: Federico Gallego , Kiyan Nassiri, Lalthathanga Khawlhring, Lalrinliana Hnamte, Slavko Damjanović, Arsh Anwer Shaikh, Fardin Ali Molla, Liston Colaco and Ravi Bamadur Rana.
Substitutions
ATK Mohun Bagan made 4 changes: Hugo Boumous for Federico Gallego (48′), Ashique Kuruniyan for Lalthathanga Khawlhring (79′), Carl McHugh for Slavko Damjanović (79′) and Manvir Singh for Liston Colaco (85′).
Best player: Carl McHugh
The player that probably impressed the most for ATK Mohun Bagan was Carl McHugh.
His rating is with 2 goals, 42 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Kerala Blasters – Formation
Kerala Blasters
64'
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 , Bryce Miranda , Dimitris Diamantakos and Apostolos Giannou .
These were the players on the bench: Vibin Mohanan, Marko Lešković, Ayush Adhikari , Danish Farooq Bhat, Karanjit Singh, Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Saurav Mandal , Nihal Sudheesh and Bidyashagar Singh.
Substitutions
Kerala Blasters made 4 changes: Bryce Miranda for Saurav Mandal (67′), J. Singh for Ayush Adhikari (78′), Dimitrios Diamantakos for Marko Leskovic (84′) and Hormipam Ruivah for Danish Farooq Bhat (84′).
Best player: Dimitris Diamantakos
The player that probably impressed the most for Kerala Blasters was Dimitris Diamantakos.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
