Match Report
9 points and 7 places separated them: East Bengal 1st with 26, Kerala Blasters 8th with 17. On the form table Kerala Blasters stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 8th overall. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, East Bengal ran at 2.31 scored and 0.85 conceded, Kerala Blasters at 1.15 and 1.31.
Kerala Blasters arrived off five straight defeats. The last-five ledger: East Bengal 10/15, Kerala Blasters 0/15.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for East Bengal, 1 draw and 4 for Kerala Blasters, at 2.86 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
The venue was Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium, with room for 85,000 spectators. East Bengal led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
East Bengal: Youssef Ezzejjari (10') · Kerala Blasters: Muhammad Ajsal (90')
Key stats
Possession: East Bengal 56% · Kerala Blasters 44% · Total shots: 9-7 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 7-3