MARGAO. ATK Mohun Bagan defeats Kerala Blasters 4-2. Kerala Blasters was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stadium in Margao on Friday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Harish Kundu.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kerala Blasters was in firm control of the ball 64% while ATK Mohun Bagan was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kerala Blasters was putting more pressure with 97 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, ATK Mohun Bagan was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

ATK Mohun Bagan shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

ATK Mohun Bagan received 2 yellow cards (C. McHugh and D. Tangri). Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters received 2 yellow cards (H. Khabra and A. Gomes).

Standings

After playing this match, ATK Mohun Bagan has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters stays with 0 points (11th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, ATK Mohun Bagan will play away with East Bengal on the 27th of November with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of ATK Mohun Bagan (0 draws).

Kerala Blasters will play away agasint NorthEast United on the 25th of November with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Kerala Blasters (5 draws).

ATK Mohun Bagan – Formation

ATK Mohun Bagan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Antonio López Habas decided to play with the following team: Amrinder Singh (6.3), Pritam Kotal (7.0), Deepak Tangri (6.3), Carl McHugh (6.6), Subhasish Bose (6.1), Hugo Boumous (8.8), Lenny Rodrigues (6.2), Joni Kauko (6.3), Manvir Singh (7.6), Roy Krishna (7.7) and Liston Colaco (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Abhishek Suryavanshi, Sumit Rathi, Avilash Paul, Ningthoujam Bidyananda Singh (6.1), David Williams (6.2), Prabir Das (6.6), Kiyan Nassiri, Ravi Bamadur Rana and Ashutosh Mehta.

Substitutions

ATK Mohun Bagan made 4 changes: L. Colaco for P. Das (69′), H. Boumous for D. Williams (78′), J. Kauko for B. Singh (78′) and R. Krishna for K. Nassiri (88′).

Best player: Hugo Boumous​

The most impressive player for ATK Mohun Bagan was Hugo Boumous.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 17 passes (52% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Kerala Blasters – Formation

Kerala Blasters started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Ivan Vukomanovic played with: Albino Gomes (5.3), Harmanjot Singh Khabra (5.8), Marko Lešković (6.8), Bijoy Varghese (5.8), Jessel Carneiro (6.5), Rahul Kannoly (7.0), Adrian Luna (8.3), Jeakson Singh (6.5), Sahal Abdul Samad (6.8), Álvaro Vázquez (6.2) and Jorge Pereyra Díaz (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Chencho Gyeltshen (6.7), Lalthathanga Khawlhring, Prabhsukhan Gill, Seityasen Singh, Sandeep Singh (6.4), Ayush Adhikari (6.8), Prasanth Karuthadathkuni (6.8), Abdul Hakku and Denechandra Meitei.

Kerala Blasters could not rely on the presence of P. Karuthadathkuni (injured).

Substitutions

Kerala Blasters made 4 changes: R. Kannoly Praveen for P. Karuthadathkuni (32′), H. Khabra for S. Singh (66′), A. Vazquez for A. Adhikari (66′) and S. A. Samad for C. Gyeltshen (76′).

Best player: Adrian Luna​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kerala Blasters was Adrian Luna.

His rating is (8.3) with 61 passes (72% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.​

• ATK Mohun Bagan – Kerala Blasters – 4-2