Match Report
In the standings it was Kerala 1st on 13 points, Tamilnadu 1st on 9 — separated by 4. Tamilnadu had been under-performing their position — 29th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Kerala 2.2 scored and 0.8 conceded per game, Tamilnadu 5.67 and 0.33, with the league averaging 1.78.
Kerala arrived on a run of seven straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Kerala 15/15, Tamilnadu 5/15.
The match was played at Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium in Visakhapatnam (capacity 38,000). On the scoreboard, Tamilnadu led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.