10′ Gallego tries to break from the right flank but is blocked in his stride
8′ Highlanders looking to play through long ball. Attacking from the right flank but the danger has been cleared away by the Blasters defence
4′ GOAL! Kerala Blasters break the deadlock early from a set-piece. Brilliant ball in from Seityasen Singh to locate Cido inside the box as he makes no mistake to head the ball at the back of the net. Kibu Vicuna is delighted
3′ Gallego delivers a brilliant ball into the box but fails to find his target man. As Kerala Blasters get the goal kick
2′ Kerala Blasters are dealing with early threat. A bit of pulling and pushing between Appiah and Kone and free-kick for the Highlanders
1′ A minute of silence was observed just before the kick-off to pay homage to Argentina legend Diego Maradona who passed away yesterday. He was 60
1′ Kick-off! NorthEast United get the ball rolling
The teams come out of the tunnel to line-up for the Indian National Anthem. We are minutes away from the kick-off at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim.
Every game is different, we are ready to compete and get the points. We have a plan for the game tomorrow as well. Yes, we have to improve in the final thirds: Kibu Vicuna said ahead of the fixture
Head to head – Total matches: 12KBFC: 5NEUFC: 3
KBFC will be eyeing their first win of the season after losing their previous match against ATK Mohun Bagan. NEUFC started their campaign on a positive note with a win over Mumbai City FC
Substitutes KBFC: Karuthadathkuni, Murray, Pereyra, Prabhsukhan Singh, Jeakson, Naorem, Das, Lalruatthara, MeiteiNEUFC: Lakra, Imran, Sylla, Machado, Fanai, Rabha, Tamang, Gurmeet, Britto
NEUFC XI: Subhasish Roy Chowdhury (GK), Gurjinder Kumar, Rakesh Pradhan, Benjamin Lambot (C), Dylan Fox, Ashutosh Mehta, Khassa Camara, Lalengmawia, Federico Gallego Revetria, Kwesi Appiah, Khumanthem Ninthoinganba Meetei.
KBFC XI: Albino Gomes (GK), Bakary Kone, Nishu Kumar Tashni, Jessel Allan Carneiro, Costa Nhamoinesu, Sergio Cidoncha (C), Jose Vicente Gomez Umpierrez, Seityasen Singh, Rohit Kumar, Lalthathanga Khawlhring, Gary Hooper
Hello and welcome to the Live match centre of today’s Indian Super League clash between Kerala Blasters and NorthEast United at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim.
