Jamshedpur FC vs Kerala Blasters highlights, ISL 2023-24: JFC 1-1 KBFC; Siverio cancels out Diamantakos’ goal

Freekick for Kerala in a dangerous position. Diamantakos takes a shot and hits the wall. That was the last kick of the match as the referee blows the whistle for fulltime. Kerala’s wait for a playoff spot continues

Diamantakos gets a ball on his left foot inside the box. His shot is saved by a brilliant reaction from Rehenesh towards his right. The ball is cleared and Jamshedpur break away and feeds the ball to Stevanovic who smashes the ball into an advancing Karanjit.

A corner from Kerala Blaster is cleared and falls for Saurav at the edge of the box His shot is deflected wide for another corner. Stevanovic goes into the book for dissent.

Jamshedpur makes a double substituition. Imran Khan and Nikhil Barla are replaced by Seiminlen Doungel and Alen Stevanovic.

Both sides are frantically looking for a goal. Tachikawa wins a foul inside his own half, after being pushed by Drincic.

The Lithuanian captain opens himself up and twists around the Jamshedpur defense before taking a shot with his right foot. 

Blasters keep the ball but cannot find a way to breach the Jamshedpur defense. Komal gets the ball and puts in a cross from the left for the Miners. Leskovic clears it away.

Vibin and Rahul make way for Ishan Pandita and Saurav Mandal. Pandita immediately gets a chance after coming off the bench. However, the shot goes well above the crossbar.

Play resumes as we enter the final 15 minutes plus added time. Milos Drincic is booked for stopping a Jamshedpur player from taking a quick throw. Drincic will miss KBFC’s next match due to suspension.

Komal Thatal receives the ball near the halfway line and drives through the middle. He takes a shot right from outside the box, which whizzes above the crossbar. The referee points to the touchline to indicate the drink break.

Play resumes and it seems like Rehenesh will be able to continue. Rahul KP is the latest addition to the book after pulling down Wungngayam Muirang.

Both sides are attempting long crosses to release its strikers. Jamshedpur’s Rehenesh goes down with some difficulties in his hamstring and is attended to by the medical staff.

Aimeen makes way for his brother Mohammed Azhar. Jamshedpur’s Sanan goes off and is replaced by Komal Thatal.

Laldinpuia comes off for Wungngayam Muirang. Jitendra Singh replaces Elsinho.

Kerala is enjoying a great bit of possession. Rahul KP receives the ball outside the box and takes a shot. The ball swing outward away from the goal.

The referee calls back Danish Farooq for a foul on the halfway line. He will miss Kerala’s next match due to suspension. 

Elsinho goes down with a cramp. He recorded his first assist of the season today. The stretchers are brought out and that seems to be the end of the night for the Brazilian.

Corner for Kerala. Vibin swings the ball in, which goes over everybody. Break on for Jamshedpur. Imran Khan receives a ball over the top from Tachikawa, but is unable to hit the target with his left-footed shot.

Blasters captain Leskovic goes into the books after a foul on Tachikawa. The freekick is mis-hit and goes directly into the hands of Karanjit.

An attempted cross from Sandeep goes directly to Rehenesh who gathers it with ease. Blasters get the ball again and Fedor Cernych drives down the left side and takes a shot. 

Jamshedpur has completed 262 passes while Kerala has completed less than half of it with 120. Rahul KP gives the ball away cheaply helping JFC maintain possession.

Jamshedpur kicks off the second half, shooting from right to left. No substitutions for either side.

Tachikawa gets the ball on the left-hand side of the box and cuts into his right to take a venomous shot. Karanjit is forced to make a save and push it away for a corner. The ref blows the whistle for halftime.

Three minutes of added time. Kerala will be disappointed with conceding a late goal. Jamshedpur regains the ball and passes it around the back.

Siverio scores for Jamshedpur!! Elsinho plays a ball over the top from his own half for Siverio, who takes a good touch to set up a one-on-one with Karanjit. He calmly finishes it into the bottom left corner.

Leskovic clears away a freekick from the right. Another cross from Khan is cleared away by Milos. The KBFC defence will be looking forward to the halftime whistle

Fedor Cernych in for Justine. The ball is almost given away by TP Rehenesh to Danish Farooq. The goalkeeper takes a swipe at the ball to clear it but clatters into Danish who goes to the ground searching for a penalty.

Justine goes down on the field clutching his hamstring. Looks like that is the end of the match for the debutant. Fedor warms up on the sidelines for the Blasters

Play resumes after the drink break. Kerala enjoys the possession. Sandeep drives a low cross into the box from the right. Once again it goes untouched and is cleared away by Chaudhari.

Manzorro’s free-kick looks good. Siverio is unable to direct his header towards the goal. Kerala’s Justine goes into the ref’s book for a bad foul. Second booking of the match.

Kerala looks more lively now. Jamshedpur is trying to regain its momentum. Foul on Khan by Diamantakos, who puts his hand up immediately to accept the call from the referee.

Diamantakos scores!! Justine receives the ball outside the box and plays a pass into Diamantakos, who turns away from the defender to drive the ball into the back of the net.

Jamshedpur has breached the Kerala Blasters penalty area 19 times while Kerala has breached the JFC box just 11 times. Mohammed Sanan puts in a good looking cross for Siverio. He is unable to make a good connection with the ball and ends up winning a corner for his side.

Foul on Siverio by Vibin Mohanan. The Blasters are trying to gain possession, but Jamshedpur are playing the patient game, passing the ball around the pitch.

Manzorro tries his luck from 35 yards, only to be met by Leskovic at the edge of the box, who clears it away. The ball is back with JFC.

A low cross from the left by Aimeen goes untouched in the box. The ball is cleared away by the home team.

Jamshedpur is slowly growing into the game. Rei Tachikawa’s shot from outside the box goes narrowly wide. Good link up play by Elsinho and Khan to set up the chance for Tachikawa.

Milos Drincic comes out of nowhere to block Mohammed’s shot from inside the box. Milos recovers to head away another dangerous shot from Manzorro.

A harsh foul on Justine by Chaudhari a few yards away from the box. An early booking for the Red Miners. Leskovic tries a shot from the freekick, but the ball sails over the crossbar

The Blasters keep possession. JFC’s regains possession and Mohammed plays in a ball into the box which is cleared away by Milos.

Jamshedpur is represented by interim coach Steven Dias on the touchline. Kerala’s debutant Justine takes a shot from outside the box, which goes just past the post.

Kerala’s Diamantakos kicks off the match at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, with the Blasters shooting from right to left.

Jamshedpur is in its red and blue home kit while Kerala is donning a changed lime green kit for the match.

Jamshedpur and Kerala Blasters have faced each other 15 times in the ISL. Out of these, Kerala has won five, Jamshedpur has won three, while seven matches have ended in a draw.

The two teams last faced each other in the ISL in the second matchday of this season, where Adrian Luna scored the winner in a 1-0 victory for KBFC.

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Jamshedpur FC vs Kerala Blasters: Khalid Jamil hopes to turn JFC’s fortunes with a playoff spot on the horizon 

With just a point separating it from sixth-placed Bengaluru FC, Jamshedpur FC resumes its pursuit of the top six against Kerala Blasters at the JRD Sports Complex on March 30.

Rehenesh (gk), Uvais, Chaudari, Laldinpuia, Barla, Tachikawa, Elsinho, Manzorro (c), Mohammed, Siverio, Khan

Karanjit (gk), Naocha, Leskovic (c), Milos, Sandeep, Danish, Vibin, Aimen, Rahul, Dimitrios, Justine

Kerala Blasters FC has faced defeats in four out of its previous five matches this season. The Yellow Army is stuck at fifth spot in the standings at present, having 29 points from 18 games.

Kerala has not officially made it to the playoffs yet, but is a good eight points ahead of the sixth-placed Punjab FC (21), who has played a game more (19) than the Kochi-based team (18).

Jamshedpur FC has won twice in its previous five matches, earning 20 points out of 19 games. It is a point behind Punjab FC, and will be locking horns with Kerala Blasters FC, Chennaiyin FC, and FC Goa respectively to round off its league campaign.

The first place looks significantly far off for Kerala Blasters FC at the moment, but it will want to recover some form before potentially heading into the playoffs.

The match between Jamshedpur and Kerala Blasters will kick-off at 7:30 PM IST, on Saturday, March 30, at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur. 

The match will be live telecasted on the Sports18 1 Channel (TV). The game can also be live-streamed on the JioCinema app and website (online). 

The game will be livestreamed on OneFootball for those watching from outside India.