Kerala Blasters Vs East Bengal Highlights, ISL 2024-25: KBFC 2-1 EBFC—Peprah's Late Winner Secures Season's First Win

The Indian Super League match will kick off at 7:30pm IST, and can be live streamed on the Jio Cinema app and website in India. It will be live telecast on the Sports18 network in India.

East Bengal FC Squad

Goalkeepers: Prabhsukhan Singh Gill, Debjit Majumder

Defenders: Hijazi Maher, Lalchungnunga, Gursimrat Singh Gill, Nishu Kumar, Mark Zothanpuia, Mohamad Rakip, Provat Lakra

Midfielders: Souvik Chakrabarti, Saul Crespo, Jeakson Singh, Madih Talal, Vishnu P.V., Sayan Banerjee, Aman C.K., Tanmay Das, Shyamal Besra

Forwards: Cleiton Silva, Dimitrios Diamantakos, David Lalhlansanga, Naorem Mahesh Singh, Nandhakumar Sekar

Kerala Blasters FC Squad

Goalkeepers: Sachin Suresh, Nora Fernandes, Som Kumar

Defenders: Aibanbha Kupar Dohling, Alexandre Serge Coeff, Hormipam Ruivah, Milos Drincic, Naocha Singh Huidrom, Prabir Das, Soraisham Sandeep Singh, Pritam Kotal, Muhammed Saheef

Midfielders: Adrian Nicolas Luna Retamar, Bryce Brian Miranda, Danish Farooq Bhat, Freddy Lallawmawma, Mohammed Aimen, Mohammed Azhar, Sukham Yoihenba Meitei, Vibin Mohanan, Renthlei Lalthanmawia, Saurav Mandal

Forwards: Ishan Pandita, Noah Wail Jacob Sadaoui, Rahul Kannoly Praveen, Jesus Jimenez, Kwame Peprah, Sreekuttan MS

The Kerala Blasters and East Bengal have faced each other for a total of eight times in the Indian Super League. The Blasters have won three games, and so have East Bengal. Two matches were drawn.

The National Anthem of India echoed through the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, and now the match kicks off!

The atmosphere is electric as oceans of fans draped in yellow and white cheer loudly, nothing is audible but the cheers!

At the moment, despite the lack of goals, Kerala Blasters are dominating possession. Jimenez came close with a near miss; his shot was almost in the box but soared too high.

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East Bengal have been awarded a free kick after Rahul KP's challenge on Mahesh. Madih Talal steps up to take the free kick, aiming to set up a teammate in the box. However, the play was interrupted as Diamantakos was caught offside.

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Mahesh receives the first yellow card of the match.

Meanwhile, Sandeep delivers a great cross from the right, but Rahul KP misses the chance to head the ball into the net. Somehow, both manages to save, and fails to goal.

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Both captains, Drincic and Crespo, contested a 50-50 ball, briefly halting the match and adding three minutes of injury time. After treatment, Milos Drincic receives a yellow card for showing his studs.

Shortly after, a Kerala Blasters player fouled Crespo with an open boot, resulting in another yellow card for KBFC.

As we reach halftime, the score remains 0-0

After the first half, the deadlock is broken in the 59th minute as East Bengal take the lead. Diamantakos makes a strong run into the box and sets up Vishnu, who finishes it off with a tap-in after a swift counterattack. The Red-and-Gold Brigade are now in front!

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And in the 63rd minute, Sadaoui picked up the ball on the left flank, skillfully sidestepped Rakip, and then struck a brilliant shot into the net, leveling the score! It's a goal for the Blasters! We just saw two goals in four minutes.

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Aimen attempts to push the ball into the final third once more, but East Bengal, surrounds the box and clears the danger effectively.

There’s a double substitution for the Blasters: Azhar and Peprah come on for Vibin and Jimenez. The Blasters are making attacking changes as the match approaches the final quarter, with Kwame Peprah ready to make an impact.

On the other end, East Bengal tries to switch play from the left flank, but the cross goes unanswered.

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And there's a yellow party in Kochi! What a beautiful scene as Kwame Peprah finds the net! He capitalizes on a defensive error by Anwar Ali, receiving the ball in the penalty box before taking a shot that leaves the East Bengal defenders helpless.

And there's a yellow party in Kochi! What a beautiful scene as Kwame Peprah finds the net! He capitalizes on a defensive error by Anwar Ali, receiving the ball in the penalty box before taking a shot that leaves the East Bengal defenders helpless.

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That’s it! The match ends at 90+3 minutes, and it was all yellow!

Kwame Peprah emerged at the point of difference, scoring the winner as Kerala Blasters defeated East Bengal 2-1 in Kochi on a Sunday night at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Meanwhile, East Bengal appeared to be in huge disappointment, with coach Cuadrat shaking his head.

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Here, that's how!

With today’s win, Kerala Blasters have climbed to sixth place in the ISL standings, while East Bengal has slipped down to 12th.

The Blasters suffered a 2-1 defeat in their opening match against Punjab FC, while East Bengal faced a 0-1 loss to Bengaluru FC in their first game.

The Kerala Blasters will face Northeast United next on September 29 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Meanwhile, East Bengal will take on Goa FC on September 27 at the Salt Lake Stadium.

The Kerala Blasters defeated East Bengal 2-1 in the Indian Super League match on Sunday, marking their first win of the 2024-25 season. That’s all from us today! Join us tomorrow for another exciting ISL match. Goodnight!