Kerala Blasters beats Hyderabad Highlights, KBFC 1-0 HFC ISL 2023-24, Milos Drincic scores only goal as Tuskers keeps a clean sheet

Kerala Blasters defends its one-goal lead and brings three-points home placing it back on the top of the league standings. Hyderabad FC created good chances but was not experimental and creative enough to find new ways or plays of attack and hence failed to score the equaliser. Kerala was always one step ahead of the away side keeping a solid defensive shape and creating a plethora of goalscoring chances. Deserved winners.

Ramhlunchhunga takes a long ranger shot that dipping right under the crossbar but Sachin Suresh punches the ball away keeping his sheet clean.

Adrian Luna and co broke into a counter-attack but failed to communicate well and gave away the possession.

The ref has awarded six minutes as added stoppage time

Hyderabad FC is constantly trying to break into counters but is failing to make that final pass.

Luna beats his marker on the left flank an crosses the ball in, but puts too much power in it as the ball rockets across the box for a throw in.

Ten minutes left in the game as Blasters is just ahead holding fort. Hyderabad FC is set to go all-out and attack in numbers.

Ravi crosses the ball in from the left but its headed clearly away by Drincic.

Rahul KP is brought down near the box. Adrian Luna takes a free-kick but his shot, although dipped perfectly, went wide.

Luna plays a brilliant through to Rahul KP who was sprinting down the right flank and the winger cuts in and passes it inside the box, but the keeper makes the save.

Kerala Blasters crowded its box leaving no room for Joe Knowles, hence he took the shot from afar and narrowly misses the target.

Hyderabad is trying to dictate the tempo of the game and dominate possession, but Kerala is winning the ball with its intense pressing.

Hyderabad FC was in on goal but Moya misses his header from inside the box as he loses his balance under pressure.

Blasters almost extended its lead in the same fashion as before as Adrian Luna puts a cross in from the corner-kick towards Milos Drincic who strikes a powerful header on goal but Gurmeet touches the ball with his fingertips and the ball hits the right post.

Danish makes a tackle from behind on Knowles who was breaking into an attack and hence is awarded a yellow card.

Hyderabd is behind but only just. It broke into a string attack from the get-go but Hormipam makes two amazing tackles inside the box keeping his side ahead.

Blasters has a slim lead at the halfway point but Hyderabad FC are right on its heels and has made some great chances on goal. Both sides are going hammer and tongs as we enjoy an intense end-to-end football game.

Daisuke crosses the ball in but Nikhil Poojari heads it away. Moments later, Aimen finds himself in the box shielding the ball but his shot goes wide off-target.

Hyderabad’s Rafi slots a cross in towards a sprinting Pennanen but his header fails to reach the goal.

Blasters takes a free-kick but fails to attack the goal however, Luna gets the ball on the right flank and outpaces the backline, cross a low-driven ball inside the box to find Drincic who finds the net. Milos Drincic, the centre-back, scores the opening goal.

Blasters gets a free-kick from a dangerous position as Daisuke is brought down near the box. Peprah fails to make an attempt initially but failed to do so, however, Peprah gets a hold of the ball inside the box and tries to score an over-head kick but off-target.

Yasir plays a cross into the D by a free-kick on the left flank but Moya fails to hit the target from six-yard despite being on-side and collecting the ball. HFC misses a big chance as well.

Daisuke puts a great ball inside the box for the Blasters from a set-piece tactic but Milos Drincic fails to head the ball on target. Another great chance squadered by the Blasters.

Mark dribbles deep inside Kerala Blasters’ and makes a great pass to Knowles who takes a couple of touches and fires towards the goal but the shot is deflected away.

Vibin switches the wing and plays the ball to an open Daisuke on the right but his shot was deflected away for a corner. After the set-piece fails. Luna found the ball at the edge of the box but his shot is way over the cross-bar.

Adrian Luna and Daisuke play a great one-two and aggresively push ahead into the fonal third. Luna plays a great cross to a soaring Peprah but the player fails to make contact in front of goal.

Moya dribbles into the box and takes a shot but Hormipan blocks it well. Hyderabad FC takes the corner and finds Knowles’s powerful header but Blasters’ Sachin Suresh makes a majestic save and keeps the score level.

Hyderabad’s Rafi had time on the right wing and puts a low-driven cross in but safely cleared by Hormipam who is doing excellent so far in the game.

Luna burst into an explosive run and finds Aimen on the left who passes it back to Luna inside the box but the star-player fails to pass it to a teammate.

Blasters has enjoyed 62 per-cent of the possession so far and is looking comfortable and calm at the moment.

Moya comes close to scoring as Yasir dinks the ball into the box from the free-kick but the header goes wide.

Knowles was in on goal but Milos brings him down from behind and gets a yellow card for the tackle. Hyderabad gets a free-kick in a dangerous position.

Hyderabad has started to hold more of the ball and pushed ahead in numbers. Mark puts a cross in from the left flank but Hormipan heads the ball away in a diving clearance.

Hyderabad had it’s first chance on goal with Yasir in a dangerous position with the ball, but the player fails to pick the right pass.

Aimen flicks the ball ahead to Adrian Luna deep into the final third but the captain doesn’t make it just and the ball goes out for a goal-kick. Blasters has made a commanding start to the game.

Pritam plays a great throughh ball to Peprah inside the box but the attacker faisl to control it. Blasters could have taken a very early lead.

Kerala Blasters kick the game off hoping to keep its winning streak intact and make it to the top of the league table.

When will the Kerala Blasters vs Hyderabad FC ISL match start?

The Kerala Blasters vs Hyderabad FC ISL 2023-24 match will kick-off at 8:00 PM IST, Saturday, November 25 at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi.

Where to watch the Kerala Blasters vs Hyderabad FC ISL match?

The Kerala Blasters vs Hyderabad FC ISL 2023-24 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.

Kerala Blasters is all set to host Hyderabad FC in its seventh game of the season as the in-form home side eyes the top of the league table.

The Tuskers has shown timely tactical awareness on both ends of the pitch to secure four wins and draw so far in the ISL and stand second in the standings.

Hyderabad FC is unfortunately winless in its last five away games and is still seeking its first victory of this campaign. It has played out 1-1 draws in each of its last three games and is desperate for thee-points being eleventh in the running.