Kerala Blasters snatches a 2-1 win against East Bengal. HIGHLIGHTS

KOLKATA. Kerala Blasters beat East Bengal to win 2-1. A penalty from C. Silva was decisive in the 90min.

November 5, 2023

KOLKATA. Kerala Blasters conquered East Bengal to win 2-1. A penalty from C. Silva was decisive in the 90min. It was Kerala Blasters to strike first with a goal of Daisuke Sakai at the 32′. Then Dimitris Diamantakos scored again for Kerala Blasters in the 88′ minute. Eventually, Cleiton Silva reduced the distance for East Bengal a penalty (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. East Bengal lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

Cleiton Silva missed a decisive penalty (85′). That would have allowed East Bengal to draw the match.

The match was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium in Kolkata on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was with the help of Sapam Kennedy and . The 4th official was Rahul Kumar Gupta. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.92 degrees Celsius or 87.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.

Match Statistics

East Bengal

1 - 2

Kerala Blasters

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

12 Total 10
4 On Target 3
4 Off Target 3
4 Shots blocked 4

103 Attack 84
45 Dangerous attack 33
113 Ball safe 90

2 Penalties 0
6 Corners 6
1 Off Sides 3

Fouls

9 Total 18
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

East Bengal was in firm control of the ball 60% while Kerala Blasters was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

East Bengal was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Kerala Blasters found a way to find the solution to win this match.

East Bengal shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Kerala Blasters shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

East Bengal received 3 yellow cards (Javier Siverio, Jose Antonio Pardo and Harmanjot Singh Khabra). On the opposite side, Kerala Blasters received 4 yellow cards (Dimitris Diamantakos, Ruivah Hormipam, Pritam Kotal and Danish Farooq Bhat).

Match Timeline

11'

Danish Farooq- Yellow

José Antonio Pardo - Yellow

18'

Harmanjot Khabra- Yellow

22'

24'

Pritam Kotal- Yellow

32'

Daisuke Sakai(goal)Adrian Luna

48'

Hormipam Ruivah- Yellow

Souvik Chakrabarti- sub ->Harmanjot Singh Khabra

46'

Hijazi Maher- sub ->Saúl Crespo

46'

Nishu Kumar- sub ->Mandar Rao Desai

55'

62'

Mohammed Azhar- sub ->Danish Farooq Bhat

74'

Suhair VP- sub ->Chungnunga Lal

72'

79'

R. Kannoly Praveen- sub ->Kwame Peprah

82'

Cleiton Silva - missed penaltyCleiton Silva

85'

87'

Dimitrios Diamantakos- Yellow

88'

Dimitrios Diamantakos(goal)

89'

Dimitrios Diamantakos(yellowredcard)

90'

Mohammed Aimen- sub ->Daisuke Sakai

Cleiton Silva (penalty)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Goa

After playing this match, East Bengal will stay with 4 points to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters will have 13 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

East Bengal – Formation

East Bengal

Prabhsukhan Singh Gill 13.India

6.3

José Antonio Pardo 4.Spain

7.1

82'

18'

Lalchungnunga 5.India

6.8

72'

Mohamad Rakip 12.India

6.3

Mandar Rao Desai 17.India

6.4

55'

Harmanjot Khabra 7.India

6.4

46'

22'

Cleiton Silva 10.Brazil

6.7

90'

Nandha Kumar Sekar 11.India

6.6

Saúl Crespo 21.Spain

6.7

46'

Naorem Mahesh Singh 29.India

7.0

Javi Siverio 99.Spain

6.8

74'

Substitutes

Kamaljit Singh 1.India

Hijazi Maher 19.Jordan

7.0

46'

Nishu Kumar 22.India

6.7

55'

Gursimrat Singh Gill 33.India

Ajay Chhetri 6.India

Souvik Chakrabarti 23.India

6.4

46'

Borja Herrera 26.Spain

7.0

82'

Suhair VP 20.India

6.8

72'

Vishnu P V 82.India

East Bengal adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Carles Cuadrat decided to play with the following team: Prabhsukhan Gill (6.3), Mohammad Rakip (6.3), Chungnunga Lal (6.8), Jose Antonio Pardo (7.1), Mandar Rao Desai (6.4), Nandhakumar Sekar (6.6), Saúl Crespo (6.7), Harmanjot Singh Khabra (6.4), Naorem Mahesh Singh (7.0), Cleiton Silva (6.7) and Javier Siverio (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Kamaljit Singh, Ajay Chhetri, Hijazi Maher (7.0), V.P. Suhair (6.8), Nishu Kumar (6.7), Souvik Chakraborty (6.4), Borja Herrera (7.0), Gursimrat Gill and Vishnu PV.

Substitutions

East Bengal made 5 changes: Mandar Rao Desai for Nishu Kumar (55′), Harmanjot Singh Khabra for Souvik Chakraborty (46′), Saúl Crespo for Hijazi Maher (46′), Chungnunga Lal for V.P. Suhair (72′) and Jose Antonio Pardo for Borja Herrera (82′).

Best player: Jose Antonio Pardo

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for East Bengal was Jose Antonio Pardo.

His rating is (7.1) with 51 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Kerala Blasters – Formation

Kerala Blasters

Sachin Suresh 31.India

7.5

Sandeep Singh 3.India

6.7

Hormipam Ruivah 4.India

6.4

48'

Pritam Kotal 20.India

6.7

24'

Huidrom Naocha Singh 50.India

6.6

V. Mohanan 8.India

7.1

Adrián Luna 10.Uruguay

8.1

Danish Farooq 13.India

6.3

62'

11'

Daisuke Sakai 21.Japan

7.3

90'

32'

Dimitrios Diamantakos 9.Greece

7.5

87'

88'

Kwame Peprah 14.Ghana

7.0

79'

Substitutes

Karanjit Singh 1.India

Mohammed Aimen 19.India

90'

Sukham Yoihenba Meitei 22.India

Mohammed Azhar 32.India

6.8

62'

B. Miranda 81.India

R. Kannoly Praveen 7.India

6.8

79'

Ishan Pandita 26.India

B. Singh 30.India

Nihal Sudeesh 77.India

Also Kerala Blasters adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Ivan Vukomanovic played with: Sachin Suresh (7.5), Sandeep Singh (6.7), Pritam Kotal (6.7), Ruivah Hormipam (6.4), Naocha Huidrom Singh (6.6), Daisuke Sakai (7.3), Vibin Mohanan (7.1), Danish Farooq Bhat (6.3), Adrian Luna (8.1), Kwame Peprah (7.0) and Dimitris Diamantakos (7.5).

They had on the bench: Karanjit Singh, Rahul Kannoly (6.8), Mohammed Aimen, Sukham Yoihenba Meitei, Ishan Pandita, Bidyashagar Singh, Mohammed Azhar (6.8), Nihal Sudheesh and Bryce Miranda.

Substitutions

Kerala Blasters made 3 changes: Danish Farooq Bhat for Mohammed Azhar (62′), Kwame Peprah for Rahul Kannoly (79′) and Daisuke Sakai for Mohammed Aimen (90′).