Indian Super League

NorthEast vs Kerala 2022-23 Indian Super League, Regular Season

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  • 56': Dimitrios Diamantakos
  • 85': Sahal Abdul Samad
  • 90'+5': Sahal Abdul Samad

ISL 2022-23: Sahal brace leads Kerala Blasters to 3-0 win over NorthEast United

Kerala Blasters ended a run of three straight defeats with a much-needed victory in Guwahati.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 36': Nishu Kumar (Kerala Blasters) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Goal! NorthEast United 0, Kerala Blasters 1. Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Saurav Mandal.
  • 63': Substitution, NorthEast United. Imran Khan replaces Jithin Subran.
  • 63': Substitution, NorthEast United. Aaron Evans replaces Romain Philippoteaux.
  • 65': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Apostolos Giannou replaces Dimitrios Diamantakos.
  • 65': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Sahal Samad replaces Saurav Mandal.
  • 70': Substitution, NorthEast United. Pragyan Gogoi replaces Mashoor Shereef.
  • 83': Substitution, NorthEast United. Parthib Gogoi replaces Joe Zoherliana.
  • 84': Substitution, NorthEast United. Rupert Nongrum replaces Gaurav Bora.
  • 85': Goal! NorthEast United 0, Kerala Blasters 2. Sahal Samad (Kerala Blasters) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rahul Kannoly Praveen following a fast break.
  • 87': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Víctor Mongil replaces Ivan Kalyuzhnyi.
  • 87': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Lalthathanga Khawlhring replaces Hormipam Ruivah.
  • 89': Rochharzela (NorthEast United) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Kerala Blasters. Jessel Carneiro replaces Nishu Kumar.
  • 90'+5': Goal! NorthEast United 0, Kerala Blasters 3. Sahal Samad (Kerala Blasters) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sandeep Singh with a cross.

Game Information

Competition: Indian Super League

Venue: Indira Gandhi Stadium
Location: Guwahati, India
Attendance: 4,867

Indian Super League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+21 Mohun Bagan Super Giant 22 48 4
+23 Mumbai City FC 22 47 3
+18 FC Goa 22 45 3
+12 Odisha FC 22 39 5
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Statistics

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14 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 4
5 Corner Kicks 2
1 Saves 1
54.9 Possession 45.1
12 SHOTS 5
4 ON GOAL 1
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
292 Accurate Passes 224
418 Passes 348
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.6
4 Accurate Crosses 2
20 Crosses 8
0.2 Cross % 0.3
90 Long Balls 91
32 Accurate Long Balls 36
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 1
15 Effective Tackles 13
22 Tackles 19
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
22 Interceptions 12
9 Effective Clearances 24
9 Clearances 24

Line-Ups

NEU NorthEast United FC (5-3-2)

No. Name
32 Mirshad Michu (GK)
6 Mashoor Shereef
2 Michael Jakobsen
13 Gaurav Bora
5 Gurjinder Kumar
14 Joe Zoherliana
10 Romain Philippoteaux
91 Jon Gaztañaga
15 Emil Benny
18 Jithin Ms
27 Matt Derbyshire

KER Kerala Blasters FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Prabhsukhan Gill (GK)
55 Marko Leskovic
4 Ruivah Hormipam
3 Sandeep Singh
22 Nishu Kumar Yellow Card
77 Ivan Kalyuzhnyi
25 Jeakson Singh
17 Rahul Kannoly
27 Saurav Mandal
20 Adrián Luna
9 Dimitrios Diamantakos

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