Kerala Blasters vs Bengaluru FC LIVE, ISL 2022-23: Sunil Chhetri and Roy Krishna lead BFC attack, Indian Super League updates

Rivals Kerala Blasters and Bengaluru FC are set to collide for the primary time this season within the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Sunday.

It will probably be a conflict of contrasting groups, because the Blasters have received 4 of their final 5 Hero ISL video games, whereas the Blues have misplaced 5 of their final six.

Kerala Blasters’ latest run has seen it earn 4 wins on the bounce for the primary time in Hero ISL historical past. The Blasters have stored clear sheets in three out of the final 4 video games, scoring eight targets and conceding only one within the course of.

Last week, a solitary Dimitrios Diamantakos objective within the seventeenth minute was sufficient for Kerala Blasters FC to grab all out there factors in Jamshedpur. The Greek striker grew to become the joint-top-scorer for the membership this season with Kaliuzhnyi. Both gamers have now scored 4 targets every in eight video games. (Club statistics)

“We know this is a very important game for people in Kerala. We as a team like to play this kind of game”, stated Vukomanovic, forward of the match.

“When you have the mind of a football player, you want to compete and prefer to play games like this every weekend. We are looking forward to an interesting game tomorrow. May the better team win,” he added.

Bengaluru FC ended its winless streak two weeks in the past however fell to a different defeat final week at house in opposition to ATK Mohun Bagan.

After eight video games, Bengaluru FC has scored simply 4 targets, which is the joint-fewest this season with NorthEast United FC. The Blues will probably be hoping to show issues round with new signing Pablo Perez. The Spanish attacking midfielder has been introduced into the membership to spice up the power of the midfield and assault.

Head coach Simon Grayson has room for a international participant in his lineup, with the choice of benching a midfielder to deploy the Spanish duo of Javi Hernandez and Perez within the centre of the park. After bagging a brace in opposition to FC Goa two weeks in the past, Hernandez is the membership’s high scorer this season.

Grayson offered an replace on the brand new signing.

“He has done a lot of physical work in terms of conditioning but has not done much football work in the past two to three months. I have got to decide if he will feature this weekend or not because he has only been with us for three sessions. The last thing I want to do is rush him,” stated Grayson.

Speaking in regards to the rivalry between the 2 golf equipment, the Englishman stated, “When I first arrived in India, this was a talked-about fixture. The rivalry between the two clubs and the number of supporters on each side has added spice to the game.”

The historical past books favour the guests because the Blues have received six of the ten Hero ISL encounters performed between these two sides. The Blasters have solely received twice, whereas two video games have resulted in attracts.

“We’re going to play with full confidence but the match is going to be the toughest of all we have played till now,” he stated.