BANGALORE. Bengaluru snatched a late win Kerala Blasters 1-0 after J. Hernández scored just 1 goal (89′).

The match was played at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium stadium in Bangalore on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was R Venkatesh assisted by and . The 4th official was Pratik Mondal. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.71 degrees Celsius or 85.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bengaluru had a strong ball possession 55% while Kerala Blasters was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bengaluru had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bengaluru won the match​.

Bengaluru shot 9 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters shot 5 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Bengaluru received 2 yellow cards (Lalremtluanga F and Chinglensana Singh). Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters received 3 yellow cards (Sandeep Singh, Ruivah Hormipam and Naocha Huidrom Singh).

Standings

After this encounter, Bengaluru has 21 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Kerala Blasters will stays with 29 points like Goa to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

Bengaluru – Formation

Bengaluru started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Gerard Zaragoza Mulet decided to play with the following team: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu  (7.7), Nikhil Poojary (7.3), Aleksandar Jovanovic (7.0), Slavko Damjanovic (7.1), Naorem Roshan Singh (7.0), Chinglensana Singh (7.0), Suresh Singh (7.5), Siva Sakthi N (6.4), Javi Hernández (7.9), Ryan Williams (6.4) and Sunil Chhetri  (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jessel Carneiro, Shankar Sampingiraj, Rohit Kumar, Oliver Drost (6.8), Rohit Danu, Sahil Poonia, Lalremtluanga F (6.7), Harsh Patre and Shivaldo Chingambam Singh (7.0).

Substitutions

Bengaluru made 4 changes: Siva Sakthi N for Shivaldo Chingambam Singh (58′), Sunil Chhetri  for Oliver Drost (77′), Slavko Damjanovic for Lalremtluanga F (77′) and Ryan Williams for Rohit Kumar (90′).

Player of the match: Javi Hernández​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bengaluru was Javi Hernández.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 24 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Kerala Blasters – Formation

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

Ivan Vukomanovic played with: Karanjit Singh (6.4), Sandeep Singh (7.1), Ruivah Hormipam (6.3), Miloš Drinčić (7.1), Naocha Huidrom Singh (6.1), Fedor Černych  (6.7), Vibin Mohanan (7.0), Danish Farooq Bhat (6.8), Daisuke Sakai (7.0), Nihal Sudheesh (6.3) and Dimitris Diamantakos (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jeakson Singh  (6.6), Rahul KP (6.3), Mohammed Aimen (6.8), Pritam Kotal (6.3), Lara Sharma, Emmanuel Justine, Ishan Pandita, Mohammed Azhar and Prabir Das.

Substitutions

Kerala Blasters made 4 changes: Nihal Sudheesh for Mohammed Aimen (46′), Sandeep Singh for Pritam Kotal (73′), Danish Farooq Bhat for Jeakson Singh  (73′) and Daisuke Sakai for Rahul KP (85′).

Player of the match: Sandeep Singh​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kerala Blasters was Sandeep Singh.

His rating is 7.1 with 16 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Minerva Punjab – Mumbai City – 2-3
• Bengaluru – Kerala Blasters – 1-0