Match Report
17 points for Kerala Blasters (8th), 22 for Jamshedpur (6th): a 5-point gap. Kerala Blasters ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Kerala Blasters 1.15 scored and 1.31 conceded per game, Jamshedpur 1.15 and 0.77, with the league averaging 1.21.
Kerala Blasters had gone 9 games without a win. Three consecutive draws preceded this one for Jamshedpur, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
Across 12 recorded meetings, Kerala Blasters have 2 wins to Jamshedpur's 4, with 6 draws, at 2.42 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,000. Kerala Blasters led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Kerala Blasters: Nihal Sudheesh (12'), V. Mohanan (36')
Key stats
Possession: Kerala Blasters 51% · Jamshedpur 49% · Total shots: 9-13 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 2-9