KOCHI. ATK Mohun Bagan had an adventurous win over Kerala Blasters. The hero of the match was who scored in the 26th, 39th, 62nd, 88th and 90th minute. Kerala Blasters lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium stadium in Kochi on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was R Venkatesh. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 26 degrees Celsius or 78.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kerala Blasters had a strong ball possession 57% while ATK Mohun Bagan was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kerala Blasters was putting more pressure with 86 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, ATK Mohun Bagan found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Kerala Blasters shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, ATK Mohun Bagan shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Kerala Blasters received 1 yellow card (H. Khabra). On the opposite side, ATK Mohun Bagan received 1 yellow card (V. Kaith).

Standings

After playing this match, Kerala Blasters stays with 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, ATK Mohun Bagan has 3 points (5th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, Kerala Blasters will host Hyderabad on the 26th of February with a 3-3 head to head stats.

ATK Mohun Bagan will play away agasint East Bengal on the 26th of February with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of ATK Mohun Bagan (0 draws).

Kerala Blasters – Formation

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

The manager Ivan Vukomanovic decided to play with the following team: Prabhsukhan Gill (5.8), Harmanjot Singh Khabra (6.2), Ruivah Hormipam (6.3), Marko Lešković (6.4), Jessel Carneiro (6.2), Sahal Abdul Samad (6.2), Jeakson Singh (7.0), Lalthathanga Khawlhring (6.4), Adrian Luna (6.1), Dimitris Diamantakos (6.1) and Ivan Kalyuzhny (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Saurav Mandal, Sandeep Singh, Apostolos Giannou (6.8), Bidyashagar Singh, Rahul Kannoly (7.1), Victor Mongil Adeva, Nishu Kumar (6.6), Karanjit Singh and Bryce Miranda.

Substitutions

Kerala Blasters made 4 changes: S. A. Samad for R. Kannoly Praveen (65′), H. Khabra for N. Kumar (65′), I. Kalyuzhny for A. Giannou (69′) and K. Lalthathanga for B. Singh (90′).

Best player: Ivan Kalyuzhny​

The most impressive player for Kerala Blasters was Ivan Kalyuzhny.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

ATK Mohun Bagan – Formation

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

Juan Ferrando Fenol played with: Vishal Kaith (6.4), Pritam Kotal (6.7), Brendan Hamill (7.4), Muhammed Ashique Kuruniyan (7.0), Ashish Rai (6.2), Deepak Tangri (6.9), Joni Kauko (7.2), Liston Colaco (7.3), Manvir Singh (6.6), Dimitri Petratos (9.3) and Hugo Boumous (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Sumit Rathi, Kiyan Nassiri, Arsh Anwer Shaikh, Florentin Pogba (6.4), Fardin Ali Molla, Lalrinliana Hnamte, Ricky John Shabong, Subhasish Bose (6.5) and Lenny Rodrigues (6.9).

Substitutions

ATK Mohun Bagan made 4 changes: A. Kuruniyan for S. Bose (47′), D. Tangri for L. Rodrigues (64′), H. Boumous for F. Pogba (71′) and M. Singh for L. Hnamte (86′).

Best player: Dimitri Petratos​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for ATK Mohun Bagan was Dimitri Petratos.

His rating is (9.3) with 2 goals, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Kerala Blasters – ATK Mohun Bagan – 2-5