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Jesus Jimenez attempted a diagonal strike from the right, which soared over the crossbar.

Cleiton had a good header at goal but missed it by a whisker.

In: Hector Yuste

Out: Dimitrios Diamantakos

In: Sayan Banerjee

Out: Jeakson Singh

Danish Farooq attempted a great volley following a second ball from a loose clearance by Hijazi. His strike entered through the left-bottom corner of the goal.

Farooq scores his first goal for Kerala to hand a lifeline to them.

Jeakson Singh is cautioned with a yellow for a foul on Sadaoui.

Jesus Jimenez messed up a good chance from inside the box as his shot went over the crossbar.

Another strike by Peprah from inside the box is well-collected by East Bengal keeper PS Gill.

In: Danish Farooq

Out: Vibin Mohanan

In: Mark Zothanpuia

Out: PV Vishnu

79' SUB 🔄 | Our first change of the evening.

Vishnu ➡️ Mark pic.twitter.com/MdmDEYw9GB

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) January 24, 2025

Naorem brilliantly delivered the corner into the box, from which Hijazi Maher produced a great header to double East Bengal's lead at home.

Vishnu made a sublime on-the-ball run inside the box, nutmegging Sandeep before striking the ball on goal, but only remained short of a goal as Sachin stopped the shot.

East Bengal's Richard Celis and Kerala's Sandeep Singh both got booked after getting involved in a brawl.

In: Amawia

Out: Korou

Korou makes way for Amawia.#KeralaBlasters #KBFC #YennumYellow #ISL #EBFCKBFC pic.twitter.com/WKiawZTDI9

— Kerala Blasters FC (@KeralaBlasters) January 24, 2025

Naorem Mahesh Singh made an ambitious attempt with a powerful shit, although it went inches off the first post.

Noah Sadoui is continuing a threat to East Bengal's defence. His strike from inside the box is denied by Chungnunga, who has been solid in East Bengal's backline so far. 

Noah Sadaoui crossed the ball inside as Hijazi Maher dived to the ground to head it away.

In: Kwame Peprah

Out: Milos Drincic

First change for the Blasters 🔄#KeralaBlasters #KBFC #YennumYellow #ISL #EBFCKBFC pic.twitter.com/MfUN4Fz12K

— Kerala Blasters FC (@KeralaBlasters) January 24, 2025

Freddy had an open space inside the box as he attempted a flying header, but the ball soared over the crossbar.

Diamantakos attempted a strike on target, which was safely caught by Sachin.

East Bengal is well-constructing the press. Sachin slipped the ball off his feet as Diamantakos pressed him inside the box.

East Bengal heads onto the break with a 1-0 lead over Kerala at home.

Nishu delivered a low cross into the box which is quickly punched away by Kerala's custodian Suresh.

Kerala's Harimpam Ruivah received the first yellow of the evening for a nasty foul on Celis.

Richard Celis fired an unbelievable strike from almost 30 yards of distance, but unluckily, the ball only rattled the left post. Very close opportunity for the East Bengal midfielder.

The game did not quite ignite in the first quarter, but right after that, East Bengal are totally in control in the second quarter. They have already taken 4 shots and 3 of them are on target.

Diamantakos brilliantly won a ball on the left and passed it to Cleiton right in the middle of the box. However, the East Bengal skipper struck the ball just over the crossbar. 

A brilliant off-the-ball movement led him to run toward the goal. Suresh came forward as Vishnu chipped the ball over his head. Korou had a chance to clear the ball off the goalline, but seconds of delay from him saw the ball entering the goal.

East Bengal is on control.

Cleiton Silva flashed a brilliant long-ranger on target from the set-piece, but Sachin was in position. Although he slipped the ball at first, he denied Celis from intercepting the second ball.

Diamantakos fired into the box from the left before putting up a great left-footed strike on the second post. Sachin Suresh came out on top to brilliantly dive and deny it.

Freddy made a clean tackle on Diamantakos as the ball rolled away, and the East Bengal forward went down. There was a strong appeal for a penalty, but the referee showed no interest.

Both teams are not holding back from the very first minute; attacks are flowing to both ends so far.

The match is underway at the Salt Lake Stadium!

Starting XI: Sachin Suresh (GK); Sandeep Singh, Milos Drincic, Harimpam Ruivah, Naocha Singh; Freddy Lallawmawma, Vibin Mohanan; Kourou Singh, Adrian Luna, Noah Sadaoui, Jesus Jimenez

Subs: Nora. Shaheef, Danish, Peprah, Bijoy, Sukham, Som, Azhar, Amawia

ℹ️ Your Blasters to take on EBFC tonight 🔵#KeralaBlasters #KBFC #YennumYellow #ISL #EBFCKBFC pic.twitter.com/o7AZPH1f7k

— Kerala Blasters FC (@KeralaBlasters) January 24, 2025

Starting XI: Prabhsukhan Gill (GK); Jeakson Singh, Lalchungnunga, Hijazi Maher, Nishu Kumar; PV Vishnu, Souvik Chakrabarti, Naorem Mahesh Singh, Richard Celis; Dimitrios Diamantakos, Cleiton Silva 

Subs: David, Debjit, Aditya, Hector, Jesin, Mark, Suman, Sayan

All set for the home clash 🆚 the Blasters! 💪

Souvik and Cleiton return to the starting XI. Celis makes his first start at home! 🔴🟡#JoyEastBengal #ISL #EBFCKBFC pic.twitter.com/R3oecMXPNO

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) January 24, 2025

The boss' pre-match thoughts ahead of #EBFCKBFC. 💬

🎥 Full press conference link 👉 https://t.co/pw6NGdQ7Ij#JoyEastBengal #ISL @obruzon pic.twitter.com/1UxEO9bZJV

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) January 24, 2025

Dialing up the intensity 📈

Not long now, BLASTERS 🐘#KeralaBlasters #KBFC #YennumYellow #ISL #EBFCKBFC pic.twitter.com/LS4rgWYEi6

— Kerala Blasters FC (@KeralaBlasters) January 24, 2025

Matches played: 2

East Bengal wins: 2

Kerala Blasters wins: 4

Draws: 3

On 22 September 2024, Kerala Blasters stunned East Bengal in a comeback 2-1 victory to steal the show in Kochi. PV Vishnu opened the scoring for the Kolkata side, which was canceled out by Noah Sadaoui's equalizer. Kwame Peprah netted the winner in the dying minutes before stoppage time to win the game for Kerala. 

Match: East Bengal vs Kerala Blasters

Date: 24 January 2025

Time: 7.30 pm IST

Venue: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata.