Kerala Blasters FC progressed to the top of the points table with a narrow 1-0 victory against Hyderabad FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here to round off the Saturday double header of Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24.
Kerala Blasters FC captain Adrian Luna has won the Indian Super League (ISL) Player of the Month award for October 2023, a prize which is given to the best player in the ISL every month.
The Disciplinary Committee of the All India Football Federation on Friday imposed a fine of Rs Four crore on Kerala Blasters FC for walking off the pitch and thereby forfeiting their Hero Indian Super League (ISL) playoff match against Bengaluru FC.
The win is not easy for Odisha FC against a resilient Kerala Blasters side who held them goalless till half-time through astute tactical defending.
Goa took the lead through Jorge Ortiz Mendoza in 25th minute. Rahul KP then equalised for Kerala Blasters in the 57th minute with a brilliant header.
The match mirrored exactly that of the reverse fixture between East Bengal and Kerala, when the latter had earned a point with an injury-time equaliser.
East Bengal's inability to extend the lead came back to haunt them at the last minutes of the match with Kerala substitute Jeakson scoring in injury time.
The first half was a cagey affair and remained goalless, with ATK Mohun Bagan, the newly-merged team, failing to convert their chances.
The ISL 2020-21 schedule was announced of only the first 11 rounds. The first 11 rounds feature six double-headers which will all be held on Sundays.
In 2019-20, his debut ISL season, Samuel featured just five times for Kerala Blasters.
