ISL 2022-23: Kerala Blasters vs NorthEast United Live Updates

7:00 PM: Hello everyone and welcome to Khel Now’s LIVE COVERAGE of the Kerala Blasters vs NorthEast United match in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23. The kick-off is just half an hour away! I’m your host Sathvik Bhardwaj, and I’ll be keeping you company through what promises a fascinating evening of football. Please wait for 30 Seconds for the Live blog to load.

Kerala Blasters will face NorthEast United at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Saturday. The fourth-placed home side will relish their prospects of emerging victorious against the bottom-placed Highlanders.

The Blasters will be looking to hold on to their top-six spot by avoiding their slip-ups towards the fag end of the league campaign.

NorthEast United are coming on the back of a 4-0 thrashing to the Islanders whereas the Kerala Blasters were defeated 3-1 by FC Goa on Sunday.

Kerala have suffered consecutive defeats in their last two games. Teams often tend to lose their plot in the final quarter of the league stages. Ivan Vukomanovic’s side will be edging to not miss out of a playoff spot after making it to the finals last year.

The game against a struggling NorthEast unit provides them an ideal opportunity to get some momentum back in this campaign. Contrastingly, a loss here, to a team that has won only a solitary game this season, can prove out to be very detrimental to their plans for the rest of the year.

NorthEast have little to gain from the remaining five games of this season. They have lost a whopping 13 games so far. However, they still would be looking to round off the year on a high under the tutelage of new head coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese.

The side has some talented youngsters in their ranks, who could gain confidence from some victories towards the end. In fact, handing Kerala a defeat in their own backyard could inject some much-needed enthusiasm in the squad.

Kerala Blasters will miss the services of Sandeep Singh and Marko Leskovic, since both of them are out injured. NorthEast United on the other hand, will see Wilmar Jordan missing the fixture due to suspension!