Kerala Blasters FC vs SC East Bengal, 2022-23 Indian Super League, Regular Season
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ISL 2022-23: Ivan Kaliuzhnyi's brace helps Kerala Blasters beat East Bengal in season opener
With fans back in the stadium after a long gap of two years, they were treated to a few sublime goals in the second half.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Cleiton Silva (SC East Bengal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Foul by Hormipam Ruivah (Kerala Blasters).
- 3': Corner, SC East Bengal. Conceded by Marko Leskovic.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Chungnunga Lal (SC East Bengal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex with a cross.
- 5': Foul by Tuhin Das (SC East Bengal).
- 5': Sahal Samad (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Chungnunga Lal.
- 6': Attempt missed. Marko Leskovic (Kerala Blasters) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adrián Luna with a cross following a corner.
- 8': Attempt saved. Alex (SC East Bengal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chungnunga Lal.
- 8': Corner, SC East Bengal. Conceded by Prabhsukhan Gill.
- 10': Attempt missed. Apostolos Giannou (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jessel Carneiro with a cross.
- 13': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Chungnunga Lal.
- 14': Alex (SC East Bengal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Marko Leskovic (Kerala Blasters).
- 17': Offside, Kerala Blasters. Jessel Carneiro tries a through ball, but Dimitrios Diamantakos is caught offside.
- 18': Attempt missed. Jessel Carneiro (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lalthathanga Khawlhring.
- 19': Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Ankit Mukherjee (SC East Bengal).
- 20': Corner, SC East Bengal. Conceded by Jessel Carneiro.
- 26': Attempt missed. Lalthathanga Khawlhring (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sahal Samad.
- 30': Attempt missed. Chungnunga Lal (SC East Bengal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 31': Offside, SC East Bengal. Sumeet Passi tries a through ball, but Alex is caught offside.
- 31': Offside, SC East Bengal. Tuhin Das tries a through ball, but Suhair Vadakkepeedika is caught offside.
- 32': Attempt missed. Tuhin Das (SC East Bengal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Suhair Vadakkepeedika.
- 33': Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Foul by Iván González (SC East Bengal).
- 37': Offside, SC East Bengal. Kamaljit Singh tries a through ball, but Suhair Vadakkepeedika is caught offside.
- 41': Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Foul by Suhair Vadakkepeedika (SC East Bengal).
- 42': Attempt saved. Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 43': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Kamaljit Singh.
- 45': Alex (SC East Bengal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Foul by Lalthathanga Khawlhring (Kerala Blasters).
- 45': Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Charis Kyriakou (SC East Bengal).
- 45'+1': Foul by Suhair Vadakkepeedika (SC East Bengal).
- 45'+1': Jeakson Singh (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Kerala Blasters 0, SC East Bengal 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Kerala Blasters 0, SC East Bengal 0.
- 47': Foul by Cleiton Silva (SC East Bengal).
- 47': Marko Leskovic (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Chungnunga Lal.
- 48': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Sumeet Passi.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Jeakson Singh (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Sahal Samad (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lalthathanga Khawlhring.
- 50': Attempt saved. Apostolos Giannou (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sahal Samad.
- 50': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Chungnunga Lal.
- 51': Attempt missed. Marko Leskovic (Kerala Blasters) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adrián Luna with a cross following a corner.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Lalthathanga Khawlhring (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeakson Singh.
- 53': Offside, SC East Bengal. Alex tries a through ball, but Suhair Vadakkepeedika is caught offside.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Cleiton Silva (SC East Bengal) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Alex.
- 54': Attempt saved. Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Apostolos Giannou with a cross.
- 54': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Chungnunga Lal.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Adrián Luna with a cross.
- 55': Attempt missed. Harmanjot Khabra (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 58': Attempt missed. Apostolos Giannou (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lalthathanga Khawlhring.
- 60': Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 60': Foul by Chungnunga Lal (SC East Bengal).
- 60': Chungnunga Lal (SC East Bengal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Substitution, SC East Bengal. Semboi Haokip replaces Suhair Vadakkepeedika.
- 63': Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Foul by Ankit Mukherjee (SC East Bengal).
- 63': Ankit Mukherjee (SC East Bengal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Hand ball by Sahal Samad (Kerala Blasters).
- 69': Attempt missed. Souvik Chakrabarti (SC East Bengal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alex.
- 71': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Rahul Kannoly Praveen replaces Sahal Samad.
- 72': Goal! Kerala Blasters 1, SC East Bengal 0. Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harmanjot Khabra with a through ball.
- 73': Foul by Semboi Haokip (SC East Bengal).
- 73': Marko Leskovic (Kerala Blasters) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt saved. Lalthathanga Khawlhring (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitrios Diamantakos.
- 78': Charis Kyriakou (SC East Bengal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Rahul Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters).
- 78': Cleiton Silva (SC East Bengal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Foul by Hormipam Ruivah (Kerala Blasters).
- 78': Hormipam Ruivah (Kerala Blasters) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Substitution, SC East Bengal. Amarjit Kiyam replaces Souvik Chakrabarti.
- 80': Substitution, SC East Bengal. Eliandro replaces Charis Kyriakou.
- 80': Substitution, SC East Bengal. Jerry Lalrinzuala replaces Tuhin Das.
- 80': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi replaces Apostolos Giannou.
- 80': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Bidyashagar Singh replaces Lalthathanga Khawlhring.
- 81': Amarjit Kiyam (SC East Bengal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Rahul Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters).
- 82': Goal! Kerala Blasters 2, SC East Bengal 0. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bidyashagar Singh.
- 84': Attempt saved. Bidyashagar Singh (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Adrián Luna.
- 86': Attempt saved. Rahul Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bidyashagar Singh.
- 87': Corner, SC East Bengal. Conceded by Jeakson Singh.
- 88': Goal! Kerala Blasters 2, SC East Bengal 1. Alex (SC East Bengal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 88': Attempt saved. Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 88': Corner, Kerala Blasters. Conceded by Kamaljit Singh.
- 89': Substitution, SC East Bengal. Jordan O'Doherty replaces Alex.
- 89': Goal! Kerala Blasters 3, SC East Bengal 1. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Jeakson Singh (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bidyashagar Singh.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Víctor Mongil replaces Dimitrios Diamantakos.
- 90'+3': Foul by Rahul Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters).
- 90'+3': Jerry Lalrinzuala (SC East Bengal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Kerala Blasters 3, SC East Bengal 1.
- 0': Match ends, Kerala Blasters 3, SC East Bengal 1.
Statistics
 EBEN |
KER |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 8 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 7 | Saves | 1 |
| 46.9 | Possession | 53.1 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 22 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 10 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 223 | Accurate Passes | 284 |
| 335 | Passes | 380 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 14 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 73 | Long Balls | 74 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 13 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 26 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 26 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Competition: Indian Super League
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Location: Kochi, India
Attendance: 34,978
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Location: Kochi, India
Attendance: 34,978
Indian Super League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohun Bagan Super Giant | 24 | +31 | 56 |
| 2 | FC Goa | 24 | +16 | 48 |
| 3 | Bengaluru FC | 24 | +9 | 38 |
| 4 | NorthEast United FC | 24 | +17 | 38 |
Line-Ups
Kerala Blasters FC (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Prabhsukhan Gill (GK) |
| 55 | Marko Leskovic |
| 4 | Ruivah Hormipam  |
| 14 | Jessel Carneiro |
| 10 | Harmanjot Khabra |
| 7 | Puitea |
| 25 | Jeakson Singh |
| 20 | Adrián Luna |
| 18 | Sahal Abdul Samad |
| 9 | Dimitrios Diamantakos |
| 99 | Apostolos Giannou |
SC East Bengal (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kamaljit Singh (GK) |
| 4 | Iván Garrido |
| 5 | Lalchungnunga |
| 40 | Charalambos Kyriakou |
| 19 | Ankit Mukherjee |
| 14 | Alex Lima |
| 23 | Souvik Chakraborty |
| 37 | Tuhin Das |
| 6 | Sumeet Passi |
| 10 | Cleiton Silva |
| 11 | Suhair VP |
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