ISL 2020-21 Live Score, Kerala Blasters vs Chennaiyin FC: Only Pride to Play for as Kerala Take on Chennai

19:02 (IST)

COACH's CORNER

Ishfaq Ahmed, Interim Head Coach, Kerala Blasters: It's a difficult situation that we are in now and there is not much time to change many things. But there are things we would like to improve. The most important thing is that the boys are motivated. For me, it's everything to play for, pride and self-respect. I think they are up for these two matches

Csaba Laszlo, Head Coach, Chennaiyin FC: I am still proud of the team for many reasons. They showed character irrespective of the teams. Practically the team showed character but we lost two points against FC Goa and NorthEast. We want to show our fans, our club owners and everybody else that we want to win the game. We won the first game against Jamshedpur FC and we would like to win against Kerala in our last game

18:58 (IST)

TEAM NEWS - CHENNAIYIN FC

Vishal Kaith (GK), Enes Sipovic, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Edwin Vanspaul, Jakub Sylvestr, Manuel Lanzarote, Anirudh Thapa (C), Jerry Lalrinzuala, Fatkhulo Fatkhulloev, Memo Moura, Deepak Tangri.

Here's how we line up for our final game of the season 👇

Anirudh Thapa captains the troops in #KBFCCFC ✨#AllInForChennaiyin pic.twitter.com/a9d7FsFY3N

— Chennaiyin FC 🏆🏆 (@ChennaiyinFC) February 21, 2021

18:56 (IST)

TEAM NEWS - KERALA BLASTERS

Albino Gomes (GK), Bakary Kone, Prasanth Karuthadathkuni, Jordan Murray, Jessel Carneiro (C), Jeakson Singh, Rahul KP, Vicente Gomez, Costa Nhamoinesu, Lalruatthara, Gary Hooper.

TEAM NEWS 📰

Coach @ishuberk makes 4️⃣ changes to the previous starting XI with @JeaksonT, @rahulkp_r7_, @Ruatthara39 and Jessel coming back into the fold!#KBFCCFC #YennumYellow pic.twitter.com/O5P1tUD8C8

— K e r a l a B l a s t e r s F C (@KeralaBlasters) February 21, 2021

18:54 (IST)

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD

The two teams have squared off 15 times in the Hero ISL in the past with Chennaiyin enjoying the superior record. The Marina Machans have won six, drawn six and lost three of the encounters against the Blasters. The previous outing between the teams this campaign ended in a goalless draw and you can rest assured that players from both camps will want to avoid a repeat of that.

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Chennaiyin, meanwhile, go into the contest on the back of an eight-match winless run. Sunday’s clash against Kerala will be their last match of the season and the Marina Machans will want to give their fans something to cheer about as they hope to finish on a high. Goal-scoring has been an issue for them and that’s reflected in the fact that they’ve netted just 16 times – joint lowest in the league.

Our final training session of the season builds up to the South Indian derby 🟡🔵

Watch 👉 https://t.co/9yA4CBJ0pj#AllInForChennaiyin #KBFCCFC@ApolloXSports @apollotyres pic.twitter.com/xugrTXkfwG

— Chennaiyin FC 🏆🏆 (@ChennaiyinFC) February 20, 2021

18:49 (IST)

They are also susceptible from set-pieces having conceded 13 times from such situations. Even though they have scored the first goal and been in a good position numerous times in their games this season, the Blasters have thrown away their advantages, particularly, in the second halves where they’ve let in 22 goals. They need to be more solid at the back against a goal-shy Chennaiyin team and can get a result if their strikers Gary Hooper and Jordan Murray can find the net like they have so many times this season.

Keep on keeping on 💪🏼#YennumYellow pic.twitter.com/36On1i5sMG

— K e r a l a B l a s t e r s F C (@KeralaBlasters) February 19, 2021

18:48 (IST)

Neither side will be carrying any momentum into the clash and Kerala will be playing their first match since parting ways with their former head coach Kibu Vicuna. The Blasters will go into the match on the back of a six-match winless but will be hoping to change that under interim head coach Ishfaq Ahmed. Weak at the back all campaign, Kerala along with Odisha FC have conceded 33 goals – the most in the league this season.

18:37 (IST)

Both southern rivals are no longer in the semi-final running but will be playing for pride and will want to end what’s been a disappointing campaign on a high.

18:32 (IST)

Hello and welcome to News18Sports' live blog of match number 102 of the ongoing Indian Super League. Tonight, Kerala Blasters take on Chennaiyin FC at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim.