Jordan Murray celebrates after giving Kerala Blasters FC the lead against Odisha FC on Thursday. – ISL / SPORTZPICS
Welcome to Sportstar’s live blog about the match between Kerala Blasters FC and Odisha FC on Thursday.
45 2 ‘SUBSTITUTION! Kerala’s manager Kibu Vicuna has to make a change as Nishu Kumar is injured. The Indian full-back is replaced in the middle by Bakary Kone.
45 ‘Two minutes of added time at the end of the first half! Odisha FC looks much better now. Kerala Blasters FC is a little bit crazy.
42 ‘GOAALLLL !!!!! STEVEN TAYLOR SCOREESSS !!!!!!! ODISHA 2 – 1 KERALA !!! The Blasters Defense just fell asleep there. It was an OFC free kick. Jerry Mawihmingthanga took it. His cross in the penalty area fell straight to skipper Taylor, who hit the ball home with his right foot.
38 ‘BLOCK! Nandhakumar Sekar receives the ball on the edge of the box for Odisha FC. He dribbles past a Kerala Blasters player and shoots on goal. But the ball is blocked. The rebound falls on Jerry, who places the ball far from the goal.
36 ‘CORNER FOR ODISHA! Jerry Mawihmingthanga will take over the set piece as usual. He sends a cross, but puts too much power on the ball. It goes out and the referee signals a goal kick.
34 ‘What a rescue! Strong hands from Kerala keeper Albino Gomes. Diego Mauricio tried to exchange a double victory with his teammate Nandhakumar Sekar. But Nishu Kumar had a partial interception. The rebound fell back to Mauricio, who shot a shot from close range. Gomes reacted well to keep the goal line 1-1.
28 ‘ANOTHER KERALA CHANCE! Rahul KP runs forward with the ball. He lets you fly off the edge of the box. The ball is deflected by Gaurav Bora and disturbs Arshdeep. But the OFC shotstopper saves a lot. Odisha regains possession.
25 ‘CORNER FOR KBFC! Facundo Pereyra plays the ball into the penalty area. Vicente Gomez approaches and walks over. But Arshdeep Singh emerges at the right time to achieve the crucial salvation. However. Kerala wastes the set piece.
22 ‘GOOOOOAAAALLLLL !!!!! DIEGO MAURICIO SCORES !!!! ODISHA 1 – 1 KERALA !!! The balance will come with a little luck. Jerry Mawihmingthanga finds Diego Mauricio with a good pass on the right. He hurried towards the box. The OFC striker’s low cross in the middle is deflected by Jeakson Singh. The ball hits Albino Gomes incorrectly as he goes into goal.
18 ‘OFC CHANCE! Hendry Antonay offers a cross from the left flank. Diego Mauricio returns to Daniel Lalhlimpuia. Odisha striker unleashes a shot and Nishu Kumar uses a push attack to avert danger to Kerala.
16 ‘FOUL! One number 17 brings down another. Rahul KP defeats Jerry Mawihmingthanga from behind. He is very lucky not to receive a yellow card here.
13 ‘SHOT! Facundo Pereyra shoots from a distance with his left foot. He disturbs Arshdeep with it. The OFCgoalkeeper knocks out the ball. He could have caught it. The referee signals a throw-in for KBFC.
10 ‘CLOSE! Odisha approaches the gate, but the Kerala defenses are vigilant. There are calls for a foul right outside the penalty area, but the referee waves his hands.
7 ‘GOOOOAAALLLL !!!! JORDAN MURRAY SCORES !!! KERALA 1 – 0 ODISHA !! This was a long ball from Facundo Pereyra’s midfield. Rahul K. P. scored a header. Odisha steward Arshdeep saved. However, the ball fell on Murray at a narrow angle. The Australian striker found the back of the net with a neat finish.
5 ‘KERALA CHANCE! Jordan Murray gets the ball just outside the box. He dodges an opposing player and shoots at the target. But the ball goes straight to OFC goalkeeper Arshdeep Singh.
4 ‘Manuel Onwu has not started today’s game. He was replaced at the last moment by Daniel Lalhlimpuia in the XI. Looks like an injury.
3 ‘CORNER FOR ODISHA! A set piece this early in the game can always be dangerous. Jerry Mawihmingthanga sends a cross into the box from the right. The ball falls on captain Steven Taylor, who fails to hit the target with a header.
2 ‘Diego Mauricio is crucial to Odisha FC’s chances today. He was the team’s biggest contributor up front, trying 27 shots and seven shots on goal. Both are the most from an Odisha player in ISL 7.
7:30 pm: Facundo Pereyra created 19 chances, most from a Kerala player, and only 5 players created more chances in ISL 7. In fact, Facundo Pereyra created 12 more chances than the next best Kerala player, which underscores the team’s confidence in him to create opportunities.
7:15 pm: Test your knowledge of the latest events in the seventh with this quiz Indian Super League season.
7:00 p.m .: Both Kerala Blasters (six points, 10th place) and Odisha FC (two points, 11th place) are fighting in the ISL 2020-21 and desperately need a win . Odisha has yet to claim one victory in this edition. The rain tonight makes it a more difficult task for the two teams. Who will be ahead? Only time can tell.
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6:45 pm: fact of the day! Kerala’s Jordan Murray (Central Coast Mariners) played twice against Odisha’s Steven Taylor (Wellington Phoenix) in the A-League in the 2018/19 season. They met again in the 2019/20 edition, when Murray played for Central Coast Mariners and Steven for Wellington Phoenix.
In the 2019/20 season, Gary Hooper (Kerala Blasters) and Steven Taylor (Odisha FC) were teammates at Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. They played 21 games together at the time. – ISL / SPORTZPICS
In the 2019/20 season, Gary Hooper (Kerala Blasters) and Steven Taylor (Odisha FC) were teammates at Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. They played 21 games together at the time. – ISL / SPORTZPICS
KBFC XI – Albino Gomes (GK), Sandeep Singh, Nishu Kumar, Jessel Carneiro (C), Abdul Hakku, Jeakson Singh, Rahul KP, Sahal Abdul Samad, Vicente Gomez, Jordan Murray, Facundo Pereyra .
OFC XI – Arshdeep Singh (GK), Hendry Antonay, Gaurav Bora, Jacob Tratt, Steven Taylor (C), Cole Alexander, Vinit Rai, Jerry Mawihmingthanga, Nandhakumar Sekar, Diego Mauricio, Manuel Onwu.
6:15 p.m .: STAT ATTACK! Odisha has conceded 7 goals from set pieces, most of them from a team in ISL 7. On the flip side, Kerala has the second lowest shots in the league (87) while Odisha has the third lowest (91).
6:00 pm: In case you missed it, Bengaluru FC and their head coach Carles Cuadrat broke up yesterday. Naushad Moosa had been appointed interim head coach with immediate effect. (FULL STORY)
5:45 pm: While Kerala Blasters FC is playing against Odisha FC in Game 50 of the ISL 2020-21, here are the predicted starting lineups and possible fantasy tips from the game. (READ MORE)
The seventh edition of the Indian Super League began on November 20th in a bio-bubble in Goa.
During the four-month tournament, eleven teams will play against each other in a league and playoff format at three venues . Following the inclusion of SC East Bengal, 115 games will be played this season, up from 95 last season.
Odisha FC are the only team not to win the 2020-21 edition of the Indian Super League. It will be hungry to open an account against Kerala Blasters at GMC Stadium in Bambolim, Goa on Thursday.
Kerala has only one win and is ninth out of eleven teams. The men from Kochi tried hard to score freely. The fact that they only scored eight goals – only the bottom Odisha scored fewer – should be a worrying statistic. But coach Kibu Vicuna is not discouraged. « The good thing is that we created opportunities, » he said.
« The bad thing is that we didn’t score. We are working to improve this aspect. Every game is different. “
He added that he had respect for Odisha. “You didn’t deserve to lose the last game against East Bengal. You have good players. So we’ll focus on having a good game, creating opportunities and taking them. «
His opposite number, Stuart Baxter agreed. » The biggest problem we have right now is that even though we’ve played well in most of the games, we haven’t been able to get any results from them, « said He. « Just put the ball in your net and prevent the ball from getting into your opponent’s net – how do we do this and how do we do it more efficiently? Although they play reasonably good football in most games and sometimes dominate, these will. » not translated into results. That can damage faith. «
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